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34 U.S.C. § 20927 — Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply
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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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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 16920 was editorially reclassified as [section 20922 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20922&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16925 was editorially reclassified as [section 20927 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20927&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20928
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act. For complete classi-
fication of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006
Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and
Tables.
The software described in section 20925 of this title,
referred to in subsec. (a)(2), became available on July
25, 2008. See Office of Justice Progs., U.S. Dep’t of Jus-
tice, Annual Report to Congress 26 (Fiscal Year 2008).
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 16924 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
§ 20927. Failure of jurisdiction to comply
(a) In general
For any fiscal year after the end of the period
for implementation, a jurisdiction that fails, as
determined by the Attorney General, to substan-
tially implement this subchapter shall not re-
ceive 10 percent of the funds that would other-
wise be allocated for that fiscal year to the ju-
risdiction under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.).1
(b) State constitutionality
(1) In general
When evaluating whether a jurisdiction has
substantially implemented this subchapter,
the Attorney General shall consider whether
the jurisdiction is unable to substantially im-
plement this subchapter because of a dem-
onstrated inability to implement certain pro-
visions that would place the jurisdiction in
violation of its constitution, as determined by
a ruling of the jurisdiction’s highest court.
(2) Efforts
If the circumstances arise under paragrap
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