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34 U.S.C. § 20944 — Federal assistance with respect to violations of registration requirements

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34 U.S.C. § 20944 — Federal assistance with respect to violations of registration requirements

**(a) In general** The Attorney General shall use the resources of Federal law enforcement, including the United States Marshals Service, to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements. For the purposes of [section 566(e)(1)(B) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section566/e/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), a sex offender who violates a sex offender registration requirement shall be deemed a fugitive. **(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to implement this section.

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**(a) In general** The Attorney General shall use the resources of Federal law enforcement, including the United States Marshals Service, to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements. For the purposes of [section 566(e)(1)(B) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section566/e/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), a sex offender who violates a sex offender registration requirement shall be deemed a fugitive. **(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to implement this section.

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42 U.S.C. § 16941 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16935h was editorially reclassified as [section 21509 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section21509&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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42 U.S.C. § 16961 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16944 was editorially reclassified as [section 20944 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20944&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 20944 — Expansion of training and technology ef-

Page 521 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 20945 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. § 20943. Federal assistance in identification and location of sex offenders relocated as a result of a major disaster The Attorney General shall provide assistance to jurisdictions in the identification and loca- tion of a sex offender relocated as a result of a major disaster. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 144, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 606.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 16943 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20944. Expansion of training and technology ef- forts (a) Training The Attorney General shall— (1) expand training efforts with Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to effectively respond to the threat to children and the public posed by sex offenders who use the Internet and technology to solicit or otherwise exploit children; (2) facilitate meetings involving corpora- tions that sell computer hardware and soft- ware or provide services to the general public related to use of the Internet, to identify prob- lems associated with the use of technology for the purpose of exploiting children; (3) host national conferences to train Fed- eral, State, and local law enforcement officers, probation and parole officers, and prosecutors regarding pro-active approaches to monitoring sex offender activity on the Internet; (4) develop and distribute, for personnel list- ed in paragraph (3), information regarding multidisciplinary approaches to holding of- fenders accountable to the terms of their pro- bation, parole, and sex offender registration laws; and (5) partner with other ag

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