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34 U.S.C. § 20942 — Registration of sex offenders released from military corrections facilities or upon conviction
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The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attorney General the information described in [section 20914 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20914&num=0&edition=prelim) to be included in the National Sex Offender Registry and the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website regarding persons—
(1)
(A) released from military corrections facilities; or
(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) do not include confinement; and
(2) required to register under this subchapter.
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The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attorney General the information described in [section 20914 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20914&num=0&edition=prelim) to be included in the National Sex Offender Registry and the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website regarding persons—
(1)
(A) released from military corrections facilities; or
(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) do not include confinement; and
(2) required to register under this subchapter.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16927 was editorially reclassified as [section 20929 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20929&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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In this subchapter the following definitions apply:
(1) **Sex offender** — The term “sex offender” means an individual who was convicted of a sex offense.
(2) **Tier I sex offender** — The term “tier I sex offender” means a sex offender other than a tier II or tier III sex offender.
(3) **Tier II sex offender** — The term “tier II sex offender” means a sex offender other than a tier III sex offender whose offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year and—
(A) is comparable to or more severe than the following offenses, when committed against a minor, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such an offense against a minor:
(i) sex trafficking (as described in [section 1591 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1591&num=0&edition=prelim));
(ii) coercion and enticement (as described in [section 2422(b) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2422/b&num=0&edition=prelim));
(iii) transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity (as described in section 2423(a)) 11 So in original. The second closing parenthesis probably should follow “18”. of title 18;
(iv) abusive sexual contact (as described in [section 2244 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2244&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) involves—
(i) use of a minor in a sexual performance;
(ii) solicitation of a minor to practice prostitution; or
(iii) production or distribution of child pornography; or
(C) occurs after the offender becomes a tier I sex offender.
(4) **Tier III sex offender** — The term “tier III sex offender” means a sex offender whose offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year
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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16942 was editorially reclassified as [section 20942 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20942&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20942
section 20914 of this title to be included in the
National Sex Offender Registry and the Dru
Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website re-
garding persons—
(1)(A) released from military corrections fa-
cilities; or
(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by
courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10 (the
Uniform Code of Military Justice) do not in-
clude confinement; and
(2) required to register under this sub-
chapter.
(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 128A, as added Pub. L.
114–22, title V, § 502(a), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat.
258.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public
Website, referred to in text, is located at https://
www.nsopw.gov.
This subchapter, referred to in par. (2), was in the
original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248,
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.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 16928a of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
For short title of title V of Pub. L. 114–22, which en-
acted this section, as the ‘‘Military Sex Offender Re-
porting Act of 2015’’, see section 501 of Pub. L. 114–22,
set out as a Short Title of 2015 Act note under section
10101 of this title.
§ 20932. Immunity for good faith conduct
The Federal Government, jurisdictions, polit-
ical subdivisions of jurisdictions, and their agen-
cies, officers, employees, and agents shall be im-
mune from liabili
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