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18 U.S.C. § 2242 — Sexual abuse

submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-646 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 176 words · no verdicts yet

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Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the head of any Federal department or agency, knowingly—

(1)

causes another person to engage in a sexual act by threatening or placing that other person in fear (other than by threatening or placing that other person in fear that any person will be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping);

(2)

engages in a sexual act with another person if that other person is—

(A)

incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct; or

(B)

physically incapable of declining participation in, or communicating unwillingness to engage in, that sexual act; or

(3)

engages in a sexual act with another person without that other person’s consent, to include doing so through coercion;

or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3621, and Pub. L. 99–654, § 2, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3661; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2150; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1177(a)(3), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3125; Pub. L. 109–248, title II, §§ 205, 207(2), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 613, 615; Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 554, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2082; Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XII, § 1202(b), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 924.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-646 · 100 Stat. 3621
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2150
  • 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-162 · 119 Stat. 3125
  • 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-248 · 120 Stat. 613, 615
  • 2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-161 · 121 Stat. 2082
  • 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-103 · 136 Stat. 924

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-646 on 1986-11-10.

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