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 agencies to improve the coordination of joint investigations among agencies to effectively combat online solicita- tion of children by sex offenders. (b) Technology The Attorney General shall— (1) deploy, to all Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces and their partner agen- cies, technology modeled after the Canadian Child Exploitation Tracking System; and (2) conduct training in the use of that tech- nology. (c) Report Not later than July 1, 2007, the Attorney Gen- eral,1 shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this section. The re- port shall include any recommendations that the Attorney General considers appropriate. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General, for fiscal year 2007— (1) $1,000,000 to carry out subsection (a); and (2) $2,000,000 to carry out subsection (b). (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 145, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 606.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 16944 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20945. Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Moni- toring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (a) Establishment There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the At- torney General, an Office of Sex Offender Sen- tencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (hereinafter in this section re- ferred to as the ‘‘SMART Office’’). (b) Director The SMART Office shall be headed by a Direc- tor 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 agree- ments, and contracts awarded by the SMART Office. The Director shall not engage in any em- ployment other than that of serving as the Di- rector, 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 of- fender registration and notification program set forth in this chapter; (2) administer grant programs relating to sex offender registration and notification au- thorized by this chapter and other grant pro- grams authorized by this chapter as directed by the Attorney General; (3) cooperate with and provide technical as- sistance to States, units of local government, tribal governments, and other public and pri- vate 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 At- torney General may delegate. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 146, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 607.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), (2), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 587, known as the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. For complete classi- fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.