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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Part A · Chapter 209 — Child Protection and Safety

§ 20926. Period for implementation by jurisdictions

Statutory text

(a)

Deadline

Each jurisdiction shall implement this subchapter before the later of—

(1)

3 years after ; and

(2)

1 year after the date on which the software described in section 20925 of this title is available.

(b)

Extensions

The Attorney General may authorize up to two 1-year extensions of the deadline.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

    Pub. L. 109–248 title I § 124 · 120 Stat. 587

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 20926

    (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 124, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 124, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 124. PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDICTIONS. (a) Deadline.— Each jurisdiction shall implement this title before the later of— (1) 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) 1 year after the date on which the software described in section 123 is available. (b) Extensions.— The Attorney General may authorize up to two 1-year extensions of the deadline.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, , 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.

The software described in section 20925 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), became available on . See Office of Justice Progs., U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Annual Report to Congress 26 (Fiscal Year 2008).

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 16924 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 124, , 120 Stat. 598.)

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