34 USC § 20986 - Children’s safety online awareness campaigns

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20986"
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title: "34 USC § 20986 - Children’s safety online awareness campaigns"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20986"
section_name: "Children’s safety online awareness campaigns"
chapter_number: 209
chapter_name: "CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–248, title VI, § 629, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 640.)"
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# § 20986. Children’s safety online awareness campaigns

**(a)** **Awareness campaign for children’s safety online**

**(1)** **In general** The Attorney General, in consultation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is authorized to develop and carry out a public awareness campaign to demonstrate, explain, and encourage children, parents, and community leaders to better protect children when such children are on the Internet.

**1** **Required components** [^1]

The public awareness campaign described under paragraph (1) shall include components that compliment  and reinforce the campaign message in a variety of media, including the Internet, television, radio, and billboards.

So in original. Probably should be “complement”.

**(b)** **Awareness campaign regarding the accessibility and utilization of sex offender registries** The Attorney General, in consultation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is authorized to develop and carry out a public awareness campaign to demonstrate, explain, and encourage parents and community leaders to better access and utilize the Federal and State sex offender registries.

**(c)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–248, title VI, § 629, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 640.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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