(a) Establishment of ProgramThere is established the Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notification Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Program”).
(b) Program notificationExcept as provided in subsection (c), immediately after a sex offender registers or updates a registration, an appropriate official in the jurisdiction shall provide the information in the registry (other than information exempted from disclosure by the Attorney General) about that offender to the following:(1) The Attorney General, who shall include that information in the National Sex Offender Registry or other appropriate databases.
(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (including probation agencies, if appropriate), and each school and public housing agency, in each area in which the individual resides, is an employee or is a student.
(3) Each jurisdiction where the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student, and each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student status occurs.
(4) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under section 40102 of this title.
(5) Social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system.
(6) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or other vulnerable individuals might occur.
(7) Any organization, company, or individual who requests such notification pursuant to procedures established by the jurisdiction.
(c) FrequencyNotwithstanding subsection (b), an organization or individual described in subsection (b)(6) or (b)(7) may opt to receive the notification described in that subsection no less frequently than once every five business days.
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