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34 U.S.C. § 20901 — Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “SMART Office”).
**(b) Director** The SMART Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the SMART Office. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office makes any contract or other arrangement.
**(c) Duties and functions** The SMART Office is authorized to—
(1) administer the standards for the sex offender registration and notification program set forth in this chapter;
(2) administer grant programs relating to sex offender registration and notification authorized by this chapter and other grant programs authorized by this chapter as directed by the Attorney General;
(3) cooperate with and provide technical assistance to States, units of local government, tribal governments, and other public and private entities involved in activities related to sex offender registration or notification or to other measures for the protection of children or other members of the public from sexual abuse or exploitation; and
(4) perform such other functions as the Attorney General may delegate.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “SMART Office”).
**(b) Director** The SMART Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the SMART Office. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office makes any contract or other arrangement.
**(c) Duties and functions** The SMART Office is authorized to—
(1) administer the standards for the sex offender registration and notification program set forth in this chapter;
(2) administer grant programs relating to sex offender registration and notification authorized by this chapter and other grant programs authorized by this chapter as directed by the Attorney General;
(3) cooperate with and provide technical assistance to States, units of local government, tribal governments, and other public and private entities involved in activities related to sex offender registration or notification or to other measures for the protection of children or other members of the public from sexual abuse or exploitation; and
(4) perform such other functions as the Attorney General may delegate.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16943 was editorially reclassified as [section 20943 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20943&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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**(a)** The Secretaries concerned may provide for the establishment of such military correctional facilities as are necessary for the confinement of offenders against chapter 47 of this title.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned shall—
(1) designate an officer for each armed force under his jurisdiction to administer military correctional facilities established under this chapter;
(2) provide for the education, training, rehabilitation, and welfare of offenders confined in a military correctional facility of his department; and
(3) provide for the organization and equipping of offenders selected for training with a view to their honorable restoration to duty or possible reenlistment.
**(c)** There shall be an officer in command of each major military correctional facility. Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, the officer in command shall have custody and control of offenders confined within the facility which he commands, and shall usefully employ those offenders as he considers best for their health and reformation, with a view to their restoration to duty, enlistment for future service, or return to civilian life as useful citizens.
**(d)** There may be made or repaired at each military correctional facility such supplies for the armed forces or other agencies of the United States as can properly and economically be made or repaired at such facilities.
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**(a) Requirement that sex offenders provide certain Internet related information to sex offender registries** The Attorney General, using the authority provided in section 114(a)(7) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act [[34 U.S.C. 20914(a)(7)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20914/a/7&num=0&edition=prelim)], shall require that each sex offender provide to the sex offender registry those Internet identifiers the sex offender uses or will use of any type that the Attorney General determines to be appropriate under that Act [[34 U.S.C. 20901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. These records of Internet identifiers shall be subject to the Privacy Act ([5 U.S.C. 552a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552a&num=0&edition=prelim)) to the same extent as the other records in the National Sex Offender Registry.
**(b) Timeliness of reporting of information** The Attorney General, using the authority provided in section 112(b) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act [[34 U.S.C. 20912(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20912/b&num=0&edition=prelim)], shall specify the time and manner for keeping current information required to be provided under this section.
**(c) Nondisclosure to general public** The Attorney General, using the authority provided in section 118(b)(4) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act [[34 U.S.C. 20920(b)(4)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20920/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim)], shall exempt from disclosure all information provided
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In this chapter:
(1) **Center** — The term “Center” means the Angel Watch Center established pursuant to [section 21503(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section21503/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Convicted** — The term “convicted” has the meaning given the term in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ([42 U.S.C. 16911](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16911&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 See References in Text note below.
(3) **Covered sex offender** — Except as otherwise provided, the term “covered sex offender” means an individual who is a sex offender by reason of having been convicted of a sex offense against a minor.
(4) **Destination country** — The term “destination country” means a destination or transit country.
(5) **INTERPOL** — The term “INTERPOL” means the International Criminal Police Organization.
(6) **Jurisdiction** — The term “jurisdiction” means—
(A) a State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(D) Guam;
(E) American Samoa;
(F) the Northern Mariana Islands;
(G) the United States Virgin Islands; and
(H) to the extent provided in, and subject to the requirements of, section 127 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ([42 U.S.C. 16927](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16927&num=0&edition=prelim)),1 a Federally recognized Indian tribe.
(7) **Minor** — The term “minor” means an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.
(8) **National Sex Offender Registry** — The term “National Sex Offender Registry” means the National Sex Offender Registry established by section 119 of the Adam Walsh Child Protecti
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**(a)**
(1) In the case of a person described in subsection (b), the appropriate Federal official may not—
(A) inter the remains of such person in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery; or
(B) honor the memory of such person in a memorial area in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration (described in [section 2403(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2403/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) or in such an area in Arlington National Cemetery (described in [section 2409(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2409/a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) In the case of a person described in subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(4), the prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply unless written notice of a conviction referred to in subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(4), as the case may be, is received by the appropriate Federal official before the interment or memorialization of such person. Such written notice shall be furnished to such official by the Attorney General, in the case of a Federal crime, or by an appropriate State official, in the case of a State crime.
**(b)** A person referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following:
(1) A person who has been convicted of a Federal capital crime and whose conviction is final (other than a person whose sentence was commuted by the President).
(2) A person who has been convicted of a State capital crime and whose conviction is final (other than a person whose sentence was commuted by the Governor of a State).
(3) A person who—
(A) is found (as provided in subsection (c)) to have committed a Federal capital crime or a State capital crime, but
(B) has not been co
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16901 was editorially reclassified as [section 20901 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20901&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20901
Sec.
20945.
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Moni-
toring,
Apprehending,
Registering,
and
Tracking.
PART
C—ACCESS
TO
INFORMATION
AND
RESOURCES
NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT AT-
TACKED OR ABUSED
20961.
Access to national crime information data-
bases.
20962.
Schools SAFE Act.
SUBCHAPTER II—CIVIL COMMITMENT OF
DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS
20971.
Jimmy Ryce State civil commitment pro-
grams for sexually dangerous persons.
SUBCHAPTER III—GRANTS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
20981.
Pilot program for monitoring sexual offend-
ers.
20982.
Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared
through use of DNA backlog clearance
funds.
20983.
Grants to combat sexual abuse of children.
20984.
Grants for fingerprinting programs for chil-
dren.
20985.
Grants for Rape, Abuse & Incest National
Network.
20986.
Children’s
safety
online
awareness
cam-
paigns.
20987.
Grants for online child safety programs.
20988.
Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant
Program.
20989.
Fugitive Safe Surrender.
20990.
National registry of substantiated cases of
child abuse.
20991.
Annual report on enforcement of registration
requirements.
SUBCHAPTER I—SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION
§ 20901. Declaration of purpose
In order to protect the public from sex offend-
ers and offenders against children, and in re-
sponse to the vicious attacks by violent preda-
tors against the victims listed below, Congress
in this chapter establishes a comprehensive na-
tional system for the registration of those of-
fenders:
(1) Jacob Wetterling, who was 11 years old,
was abducted in 1989 in Minnesota, and re-
mains missing.
(2) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years
old, was abducted, sexually assaulted, and
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