U.S. Code » Title 34 » Subtitle Subtitle II— Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter CHAPTER 209— CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION › Part Part A— Sex Offender Registration and Notification

34 U.S.C. § 20923

Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notification Program

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(a) Establishment of Program

There 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) Frequency

Notwithstanding 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.

(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 121, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 597.)Editorial NotesCodification

Section was formerly classified to section 16921 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2021 · leading case: United States v. Holcombe
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United States v. Holcombe (2018) ca2 “§ 20912 , and to provide registry information to "each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student status occurs," 34 U.S.C. § 20923 (b)(3). Although Holcombe mounts several challenges to his conviction under SORNA, we focus on the three…”
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF T.B., Respondent/Cross-Petitioner (2021) colo “§ 20921 ( 2018 ) , and a community notification program, 34 U.S.C. § 20923 ( 2018 ) . SORNA required each state to implement a compliant sex offender registration program within three years of enactment .”
United States v. Seward (2020) ca1 · cites it 3× “8 See 34 U.S.C. § 20923 (b), (b)(3) ("[I]mmediately after a sex offender registers or updates a registration, an appropriate official in the jurisdiction shall provide the information in the registry .”
United States v. Holcombe (2018) ca2 “§ 20912 , and to provide registry 6 information to “each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, 7 employment, or student status occurs,” 34 U.S.C. § 20923 (b)(3). 8 Although Holcombe mounts several challenges to his conviction under 9 SORNA, we focus on the three…”
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