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34 U.S.C. § 20991 — Annual report on enforcement of registration requirements
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Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress describing—
(1) the use by the Department of Justice of the United States Marshals Service to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who fail to comply with sex offender registration requirements, as authorized by this chapter;
(2) the use of [section 2250 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2250&num=0&edition=prelim) to punish offenders for failure to register;
(3) a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s compliance with subchapter I of this chapter;
(4) a detailed description of Justice Department efforts to ensure compliance and any funding reductions, the basis for any decision to reduce funding or not to reduce funding under [section 20927 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20927&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) the denial or grant of any extensions to comply with subchapter I of this chapter, and the reasons for such denial or grant.
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Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress describing—
(1) the use by the Department of Justice of the United States Marshals Service to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who fail to comply with sex offender registration requirements, as authorized by this chapter;
(2) the use of [section 2250 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2250&num=0&edition=prelim) to punish offenders for failure to register;
(3) a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s compliance with subchapter I of this chapter;
(4) a detailed description of Justice Department efforts to ensure compliance and any funding reductions, the basis for any decision to reduce funding or not to reduce funding under [section 20927 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20927&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) the denial or grant of any extensions to comply with subchapter I of this chapter, and the reasons for such denial or grant.
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**(a) In General.—** Whoever—
(1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act;
(2)
(A) is a sex offender as defined for the purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act by reason of a conviction under Federal law (including the Uniform Code of Military Justice), the law of the District of Columbia, Indian tribal law, or the law of any territory or possession of the United States; or
(B) travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves, or resides in, Indian country; and
(3) knowingly fails to register or update a registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
**(b) International Travel Reporting Violations.—** Whoever—
(1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ([42 U.S.C. 16901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); 11 See References in Text note below.
(2) knowingly fails to provide information required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act relating to intended travel in foreign commerce; and
(3) engages or attempts to engage in the intended travel in foreign commerce;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
**(c) Affirmative Defense.—** In a prosecution for a violation under subsection (a) or (b), it is an affirmative defense that—
(1) uncontrollable circumstances prevented the individual from complying;
(2) the individual did not contribute to the creation of such circumstances in reckless disregard of the requirement to comply; and
(3) the individual complied as soon as such circumstances ceased to exis
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An appropriate official shall notify the Attorney General and appropriate law enforcement agencies of any failure by a sex offender to comply with the requirements of a registry and revise the jurisdiction’s registry to reflect the nature of that failure. The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and each such law enforcement agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure compliance.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16991 was editorially reclassified as [section 20991 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20991&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 21101
(A) costs and benefits of such data collec-
tion standards;
(B) data collection standards currently
employed by each State, Indian tribe, or po-
litical subdivision of a State;
(C) data collection standards that should
be considered to establish a model of prom-
ising practices; and
(D) a due process procedure for a national
registry.
(2) Report
Not later than 1 year after July 27, 2006, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
to the Committees on the Judiciary in the
House of Representatives and the United
States Senate and the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and
the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce
a
report
containing
the
rec-
ommendations and findings of the study on
data collection standards for a national child
abuse registry authorized under this sub-
section.
(3) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated
$500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 and
2007 to carry out the study required by this
subsection.
(Pub. L. 109–248, title VI, § 633, July 27, 2006, 120
Stat. 642.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 5106a(b)(2)(A) of title 42, referred to in sub-
secs.
(c)(2)(B)
and
(f),
was
redesignated
section
5106a(b)(2)(B) of title 42 by Pub. L. 111–320, title I,
§ 115(c)(2)(A), Dec. 20, 2010, 124 Stat. 3469.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 16990 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
§ 20991. Annual report on enforcement of reg-
istration requirements
Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attor-
ney General shall submit a report to Congress
describing—
(1) the use by the Departmen
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