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18 U.S.C. § 2425 — Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor
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Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, knowingly initiates the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address of another individual, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit any person to engage in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
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Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, knowingly initiates the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address of another individual, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit any person to engage in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2425
108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III,
§ 325, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–629.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 402(2), (3) (June 25,
1910, ch. 395, § 6, 36 Stat. 826).
First paragraph of section 402 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940
ed., was omitted from this section and recommended
for transfer to Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
Words ‘‘shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor’’
were omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition
of a misdemeanor in section 1 of this title. (See revis-
er’s note under section 212 of this title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–208, § 325(1), in first par.
substituted ‘‘individual, knowing or in reckless dis-
regard of the fact that the individual is an alien’’ for
‘‘alien individual within three years after that indi-
vidual has entered the United States from any country,
party to the arrangement adopted July 25, 1902, for the
suppression of the white-slave traffic’’ and struck out
‘‘alien’’ after ‘‘the name of such’’.
Pub. L. 104–208, § 325(2), in second par. substituted
‘‘five business’’ for ‘‘thirty’’ and struck out ‘‘within
three years after that individual has entered the United
States from any country, party to the said arrange-
ment for the suppression of the white-slave traffic,’’
after ‘‘any alien individual’’.
Pub. L. 104–208, § 325(3), substituted ‘‘10’’ for ‘‘two’’ in
last par.
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined
under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $2,000’’ in
last par.
1986—Pub. L. 99–628, § 5(c)(1), substituted ‘‘individual’’
for ‘‘female’’ in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–628, § 5(c)(2)
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