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42 U.S.C. § 16935 — Transferred

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42 U.S.C. § 16935 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16928a was editorially reclassified as [section 20931 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20931&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16928a was editorially reclassified as [section 20931 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20931&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 20931 — Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program

**(a) In general** The Attorney General shall establish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assistance program (in this subchapter referred to as the “SOMA program”), under which the Attorney General may award a grant to a jurisdiction to offset the costs of implementing this subchapter. **(b) Application** The chief executive of a jurisdiction desiring a grant under this section shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require. **(c) Bonus payments for prompt compliance** A jurisdiction that, as determined by the Attorney General, has substantially implemented this subchapter not later than 2 years after July 27, 2006, is eligible for a bonus payment. The Attorney General may make such a payment under the SOMA program for the first fiscal year beginning after that determination. The amount of the payment shall be— (1) 10 percent of the total received by the jurisdiction under the SOMA program for the preceding fiscal year, if that implementation is not later than 1 year after July 27, 2006; and (2) 5 percent of such total, if not later than 2 years after July 27, 2006. **(d) Authorization of appropriations** In addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Attorney General, to be available only for the SOMA program, for fiscal years 2007 through 2009.

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34 U.S.C. § 21501 — Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in 1994, in the State of New Jersey by a violent predator living across the street from her home. Unbeknownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had been convicted previously of a sex offense against a child. (2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law (Public Law 104–145) as a means to encourage States to protect children by identifying the whereabouts of sex offenders and providing the means to monitor their activities. (3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) to protect children and the public at large by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration and notification to the public and law enforcement officers of convicted sex offenders. (4) Law enforcement reports indicate that known child-sex offenders are traveling internationally. (5) The commercial sexual exploitation of minors in child sex trafficking and pornography is a global phenomenon. The International Labour Organization has estimated that 1,8000,000 11 So in original. Probably should be “18,000,000”. children worldwide are victims of child sex trafficking and pornography each year. (6) Child sex tourism, where an individual travels to a foreign country and engages in sexual activity with a child in that country, is a form of child exploitation and, where commercial, child sex trafficking.

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42 U.S.C. § 16935 — Transferred

Page 8936 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 16923 § 16923. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16923 was editorially reclassified as section 20925 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16924. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16924 was editorially reclassified as section 20926 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16925. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16925 was editorially reclassified as section 20927 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16926. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16926 was editorially reclassified as section 20928 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16927. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16927 was editorially reclassified as section 20929 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16928. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16928 was editorially reclassified as section 20930 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16928a. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16928a was editorially reclassified as section 20931 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16929. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16929 was editorially reclassified as section 20932 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. PART A–1—Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders § 16935. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16935 was editorially reclassified as section 21501 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16935a. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 16935a was editorially reclassified as section 21502 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 16935b. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section

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