{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s20928","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f20928.","heading":"Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program","text":"\u00a7\u202f20928.\nSex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program\n(a)\nIn general\nThe Attorney General shall establish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assistance program (in this subchapter referred to as the \u201cSOMA program\u201d), under which the Attorney General may award a grant to a jurisdiction to offset the costs of implementing this subchapter.\n(b)\nApplication\nThe chief executive of a jurisdiction desiring a grant under this section shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.\n(c)\nBonus payments for prompt compliance\nA jurisdiction that, as determined by the Attorney General, has substantially implemented this subchapter not later than 2 years after\n(1) 10 percent of the total received by the jurisdiction under the SOMA program for the preceding fiscal year, if that implementation is not later than 1 year after\nJuly 27, 2006\n(2) 5 percent of such total, if not later than 2 years after\nJuly 27, 2006\n(d)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nIn addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Attorney General, to be available only for the SOMA program, for fiscal years 2007 through 2009.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s20928.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f20928."},{"t":"heading","text":"Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Attorney General shall establish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assistance program (in this subchapter referred to as the \u201cSOMA program\u201d), under which the Attorney General may award a grant to a jurisdiction to offset the costs of implementing this subchapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Application"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The chief executive of a jurisdiction desiring a grant under this section shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Bonus payments for prompt compliance"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A jurisdiction that, as determined by the Attorney General, has substantially implemented this subchapter not later than 2 years after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 27, 2006","tail":", is eligible for a bonus payment. The Attorney General may make such a payment under the SOMA program for the first fiscal year beginning after that determination. The amount of the payment shall be\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" 10 percent of the total received by the jurisdiction under the SOMA program for the preceding fiscal year, if that implementation is not later than 1 year after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 27, 2006","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 5 percent of such total, if not later than 2 years after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 27, 2006","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s20928/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Attorney General, to be available only for the SOMA program, for fiscal years 2007 through 2009.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}