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# 34 U.S.C. § 20943 - Federal assistance in identification and location of sex offenders relocated as a result of a major disaster

## Text

The Attorney General shall provide assistance to jurisdictions in the identification and location of a sex offender relocated as a result of a major disaster.

(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 144, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 606.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16943 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.