Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110
§20941 Federal Assistance with Respect to Violations of Registration Requirements
Title 34 › Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons › CHAPTER 209 — CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › SUBCHAPTER I — SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION › Part B — Improving Federal Criminal Law Enforcement To Ensure Sex Offender Compliance With Registration and Notification Requirements and Protection of Children From Violent Predators › § 20941
Summary
Attorney General must use federal law enforcement, including U.S. Marshals, to help find and arrest sex offenders who violate registration; offenders are treated as fugitives. Funds authorized for FY2007 through FY2009.
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Title 34, §20941
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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, 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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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16941 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. § 20941
Title 34, Navy
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110