34 U.S.C. § 20921 — National Sex Offender Registry

The Attorney General shall maintain a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex offender^* and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s sex offender registry^*. The database shall be known as the National Sex Offender Registry.

The Attorney General shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Registry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex offender is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions.