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Purpose:

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 and the June 29, 2018 Deputy Secretary of Defense approval of the June 8, 2018 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Memorandum, this issuance:

• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for identification, notification, monitoring, and tracking of DoD-affiliated personnel who are registered sex offenders (RSOs), referred to collectively in this issuance as "DoD-affiliated RSOs," pursuant to:

o Section 20901 of Title 34, United States Code (U.S.C.), also known and referred to in this issuance as the "Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)."

o Section 20931 of Title 34, U.S.C., also known and referred to in this issuance as the "Military Sex Offender Reporting Act of 2015 (MSORA)."

• Provides procedures for the use of National Crime Information Center (NCIC) information retrieved through the Identity Matching Engine for Security and Analysis (IMESA) for DoD identification, notification, monitoring, and tracking of DoD-affiliated RSOs.