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§20991 Annual report on enforcement of registration requirements

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter CHAPTER 209— - CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GRANTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS › § 20991

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

By July 1 each year, the Attorney General must send a report to Congress that covers five things: how the Department of Justice used the U.S. Marshals Service to help find and arrest sex offenders who failed to register under this chapter; how section 2250 of title 18 was used to punish failures to register; each jurisdiction’s compliance with subchapter I; DOJ actions and any funding cuts under section 20927 and the reasons for those decisions; and any grants or denials of extra time to comply with subchapter I, with the reasons.

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Title 34, §20991

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Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress describing—
(1)the use by the Department of Justice of the United States Marshals Service to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who fail to comply with sex offender registration requirements, as authorized by this chapter;
(2)the use of section 2250 of title 18 to punish offenders for failure to register;
(3)a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s compliance with subchapter I of this chapter;
(4)a detailed description of Justice Department efforts to ensure compliance and any funding reductions, the basis for any decision to reduce funding or not to reduce funding under section 20927 of this title; and
(5)the denial or grant of any extensions to comply with subchapter I of this chapter, and the reasons for such denial or grant.

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This chapter, referred to in par. (1), 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 classification of this Act to the Code, see

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of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Subchapter I of this chapter, referred to in pars. (3) and (5), was in the original “the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see

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of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16991 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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34 U.S.C. § 20991

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Apr 6, 2026

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