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Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110

§20986 Children’s Safety Online Awareness Campaigns

Title 34 › Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons › CHAPTER 209 — CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › SUBCHAPTER III — GRANTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS › § 20986

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General, with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, may run two public education campaigns. One teaches children, parents, and community leaders how to keep kids safer online and must use several kinds of media, like the Internet, TV, radio, and billboards. The other shows parents and community leaders how to find and use Federal and State sex offender registries. Money to carry out these campaigns is authorized as needed for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §20986

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(a)Awareness campaign for children’s safety online
(1)In general
The Attorney General, in consultation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is authorized to develop and carry out a public awareness campaign to demonstrate, explain, and encourage children, parents, and community leaders to better protect children when such children are on the Internet.
(2)Required components
The public awareness campaign described under paragraph (1) shall include components that compliment and reinforce the campaign message in a variety of media, including the Internet, television, radio, and billboards.
(b)Awareness campaign regarding the accessibility and utilization of sex offender registries
The Attorney General, in consultation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is authorized to develop and carry out a public awareness campaign to demonstrate, explain, and encourage parents and community leaders to better access and utilize the Federal and State sex offender registries.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16986 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 20986

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110