6 USC § 484a - Reciprocal information sharing
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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s484a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 484a - Reciprocal information sharing"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "484a"
section_name: "Reciprocal information sharing"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "Information Sharing"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 895, as added Pub. L. 117–347, title III, § 323(a)(1)(B), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6207.)"
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# § 484a. Reciprocal information sharing
section 20911 of title 34
Acting in accordance with a bilateral or multilateral arrangement, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion and on the basis of reciprocity, may provide information from the National Sex Offender Registry relating to a conviction for a sex offense against a minor (as such terms are defined in ) to a foreign government upon the request of the foreign government, and may receive comparable information from the foreign government.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 895, as added Pub. L. 117–347, title III, § 323(a)(1)(B), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6207.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior amended Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to repeal by , , .