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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2242. Sexual abuse
Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States or in a Federal prison, 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); or
(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 attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 20 years, or both.
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