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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2251A. Selling or buying of children
(a) Any parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or
control of a minor who sells or otherwise transfers custody or
control of such minor, or offers to sell or otherwise transfer
custody of such minor either -
(1) with knowledge that, as a consequence of the sale or
transfer, the minor will be portrayed in a visual depiction
engaging in, or assisting another person to engage in, sexually
explicit conduct; or
(2) with intent to promote either -
(A) the engaging in of sexually explicit conduct by such
minor for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such
conduct; or
(B) the rendering of assistance by the minor to any other
person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose
of producing any visual depiction of such conduct;
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 30 years or for
life and by a fine under this title, if any of the circumstances
described in subsection (c) of this section exist.
(b) Whoever purchases or otherwise obtains custody or control of
a minor, or offers to purchase or otherwise obtain custody or
control of a minor either -
(1) with knowledge that, as a consequence of the purchase or
obtaining of custody, the minor will be portrayed in a visual
depiction engaging in, or assisting another person to engage in,
sexually explicit conduct; or
(2) with intent to promote either -
(A) the engaging in of sexually explicit conduct by such
minor for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such
conduct; or
(B) the rendering of assistance by the minor to any other
person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose
of producing any visual depiction of such conduct;
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 30 years or for
life and by a fine under this title, if any of the circumstances
described in subsection (c) of this section exist.
(c) The circumstances referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are
that -
(1) in the course of the conduct described in such subsections
the minor or the actor traveled in or was transported in
interstate or foreign commerce;
(2) any offer described in such subsections was communicated or
transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means
including by computer or mail; or
(3) the conduct described in such subsections took place in any
territory or possession of the United States.
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