34 U.S.C. § 20924 — Actions to be taken when sex offender

Page 514 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 20923 § 20923. Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Ni- cole Zapp Community Notification Program (a) Establishment of Program There is established the Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notifica- tion Program (hereinafter in this section re- ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’). (b) Program notification Except as provided in subsection (c), imme- diately after a sex offender registers or updates a registration, an appropriate official in the ju- risdiction shall provide the information in the registry (other than information exempted from disclosure by the Attorney General) about that offender to the following: (1) The Attorney General, who shall include that information in the National Sex Offender Registry or other appropriate databases. (2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (including probation agencies, if appropriate), and each school and public housing agency, in each area in which the individual resides, is an employee or is a student. (3) Each jurisdiction where the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student, and each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student status oc- curs. (4) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under section 40102 of this title. (5) Social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system. (6) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or other vulnerable individuals might occur. (7) Any organization, company, or individual who requests such notification pursuant to procedures established by the jurisdiction. (c) Frequency Notwithstanding subsection (b), an organiza- tion or individual described in subsection (b)(6) or (b)(7) may opt to receive the notification de- scribed in that subsection no less frequently than once every five business days. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 121, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 597.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 16921 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20924. Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply An appropriate official shall notify the Attor- ney General and appropriate law enforcement agencies of any failure by a sex offender to com- ply with the requirements of a registry and re- vise the jurisdiction’s registry to reflect the na- ture of that failure. The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and each such law enforce- ment agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure compliance. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 122, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 597.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 16922 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20925. Development and availability of registry management and website software (a) Duty to develop and support The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the jurisdictions, develop and support soft- ware to enable jurisdictions to establish and op- erate uniform sex offender registries and Inter- net sites. (b) Criteria The software should facilitate— (1) immediate exchange of information among jurisdictions; (2) public access over the Internet to appro- priate information, including the number of registered sex offenders in each jurisdiction on a current basis; (3) full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and (4) communication of information to com- munity notification program participants as required under section 20923 of this title. (c) Deadline The Attorney General shall make the first complete edition of this software available to ju- risdictions within 2 years of July 27, 2006. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 123, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Of- fender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification 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 16923 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20926. Period for implementation by jurisdic- tions (a) Deadline Each jurisdiction shall implement this sub- chapter before the later of— (1) 3 years after July 27, 2006; and (2) 1 year after the date on which the soft- ware described in section 20925 of this title is available. (b) Extensions The Attorney General may authorize up to two 1-year extensions of the deadline. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 124, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248,