Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102
§484a Reciprocal Information Sharing
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER VIII — COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part I — Information Sharing › § 484a
Summary
The Secretary may share and receive sex-offender registry convictions for crimes against minors under mutual agreements with requesting foreign governments.
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Title 6, §484a
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Acting in accordance with a bilateral or multilateral arrangement, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion and on the basis of reciprocity, may provide information from the National Sex Offender Registry relating to a conviction for a sex offense against a minor (as such terms are defined in section 20911 of title 34) to a foreign government upon the request of the foreign government, and may receive comparable information from the foreign government.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 895 of Pub. L. 107–296 amended Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117–347, title III, § 323(a)(1)(A), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6206.
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6 U.S.C. § 484a
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102