Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

34 U.S.C. § 20921

National Sex Offender Registry

(a)

Internet

The 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 forwarding

The 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.

Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 119120 Stat. 596 (, , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 16919 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.