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 PUBLIC LAW 109–248—JULY 27, 2006

120 STAT. 597

SEC. 120. DRU SJODIN NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC WEBSITE.

42 USC 16920.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Website’’), which the Attorney General shall maintain. (b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—The Website shall include relevant information for each sex offender and other person listed on a jurisdiction’s Internet site. The Website shall allow the public to obtain relevant information for each sex offender by a single query for any given zip code or geographical radius set by the user in a form and with such limitations as may be established by the Attorney General and shall have such other field search capabilities as the Attorney General may provide. SEC. 121. MEGAN NICOLE KANKA AND ALEXANDRA NICOLE ZAPP COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM.

42 USC 16921.

(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 NOTIFICATION.—Except 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 employmentrelated background checks under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119a). (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. SEC. 122. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN SEX OFFENDER FAILS TO COMPLY.

An appropriate official shall notify the Attorney General and appropriate law enforcement agencies of any failure by a sex offender to comply with the requirements of a registry and revise

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42 USC 16922. Notification.

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