18 U.S.C. § 2260 — Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States

(a) Use of a minor. A person outside the United States who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct; has a minor help another person engage in that conduct; or transports a minor intending that the minor engage in it, violates this subsection if the purpose is to produce a visual depiction or transmit a live visual depiction and the person intends that it be imported or transmitted into the United States or waters within 12 miles of its coast. The punishment is the one in subsection (c).

(b) Use of a visual depiction. A person outside the United States who knowingly receives, transports, ships, distributes, sells, or possesses with intent to transport, ship, sell, or distribute a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct violates this subsection if producing the depiction involved using a minor in that conduct and the person intends that the depiction be imported into the United States or waters within 12 miles of its coast. The punishment is the one in subsection (c).

(c) Penalties. (1) A person who violates subsection (a), or attempts or conspires to violate it, receives the penalties provided in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e), including the penalties for a person with the prior conviction or convictions described there. (2) A person who violates subsection (b), or attempts or conspires to violate it, receives the penalties provided in 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(1) for violating § 2252(a)(1), (2), or (3), including the penalties for a person with the prior conviction or convictions described there.