Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 20991: Annual report on enforcement of registration requirements

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute requires the Department of Justice to annually report on sex offender registration enforcement efforts, including marshals service activities, compliance statistics, and funding decisions related to registration requirements.

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the use by the Department of Justice of the United States Marshals Service to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who fail to comply with sex offender registration requirements, as authorized by this chapter; the use of section 2250 of title 18 to punish offenders for failure to register; a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s compliance with subchapter I of this chapter; a detailed description of Justice Department efforts to ensure compliance and any funding reductions, the basis for any decision to reduce funding or not to reduce funding under section 20927 of this title ; and the denial or grant of any extensions to comply with subchapter I of this chapter, and the reasons for such denial or grant.

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