(a) InternetThe Attorney General shall maintain a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex offender and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s sex offender registry. The database shall be known as the National Sex Offender Registry.
(b) Electronic forwardingThe Attorney General shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Registry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex offender is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions.
Structure US Code
Title 34— CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle II— Protection of Children and Other Persons
CHAPTER 209— CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY
SUBCHAPTER I— SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION
Part A— Sex Offender Registration and Notification
§ 20912. Registry requirements for jurisdictions
§ 20913. Registry requirements for sex offenders
§ 20914. Information required in registration
§ 20915. Duration of registration requirement
§ 20916. Direction to the Attorney General
§ 20917. Checking system for social networking websites
§ 20918. Periodic in person verification
§ 20919. Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to register
§ 20920. Public access to sex offender information through the Internet
§ 20921. National Sex Offender Registry
§ 20922. Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
§ 20923. Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notification Program
§ 20924. Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply
§ 20925. Development and availability of registry management and website software
§ 20926. Period for implementation by jurisdictions
§ 20927. Failure of jurisdiction to comply
§ 20928. Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program
§ 20929. Election by Indian tribes
§ 20930. Registration of sex offenders entering the United States