---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16971"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16971"
heading: "Transferred"
status: "transferred"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16971"
units:
  - "Chapter 151 — Child Protection and Safety"
  - "Subchapter II — Civil Commitment of Dangerous Sex Offenders"
---

# [§16971. Transferred — transferred]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 16971 was editorially reclassified as section 20971 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.