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18 U.S.C. § 2258 — Failure to report child abuse
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A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.
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A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Covered professionals** — A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, shall as soon as possible make a report of the suspected abuse to the agency designated under subsection (d) and to the agency or agencies provided for in subsection (e), if applicable.
(2) **Covered individuals** — A covered individual who learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, including sexual abuse, shall as soon as possible make a report of the suspected abuse to the agency designated by the Attorney General under subsection (d).
**(b) Covered professionals** Persons engaged in the following professions and activities are subject to the requirements of subsection (a)(1):
(1) Physicians, dentists, medical residents or interns, hospital personnel and administrators, nurses, health care practitioners, chiropractors, osteopaths, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, emergency medical technicians, ambulance drivers, undertakers, coroners, medical examiners, alcohol or drug treatment personnel, and persons performing a healing role or practicing the healing arts.
(2) Psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals.
(3) Social workers, licensed or unlicensed marriage, family, and individual counselors.
(4) Teachers, teacher’s aides or assistants, school counselors and guidance personnel, school officials, and school administrators.
(5) Child care workers and administrators.
(6) Law enforcement personnel, probation officers, criminal prosecutors, and juvenile rehabilitation or detenti
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**(a) Use of Minor.—** A person who, outside the United States, employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor with the intent that the minor engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, intending that the visual depiction will be imported or transmitted into the United States or into waters within 12 miles of the coast of the United States, shall be punished as provided in subsection (c).
**(b) Use of Visual Depiction.—** A person who, outside the United States, knowingly receives, transports, ships, distributes, sells, or possesses with intent to transport, ship, sell, or distribute any visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct (if the production of the visual depiction involved the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct), intending that the visual depiction will be imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States, shall be punished as provided in subsection (c).
**(c) Penalties.—**
(1) A person who violates subsection (a), or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (e) of section 2251 for a violation of that section, including the penalties provided for such a violation by a person with a prior conviction or convictions as described in that subsection.
(2) A person who violates subsection (b), or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b)(1) of section 2252 for a violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2258A
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3 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘(j) The’’.
matter that contains any visual depiction that
is child pornography, as defined in section
2256(8), or is actual sexually explicit conduct
within the definitions in clauses (i) through (iv)
of section 2256(2)(A).
(i)(1) Whoever violates this section shall be
imprisoned for not more than 1 year, and 2 fined
in accordance with the provisions of this title,
or both.
(2) Whoever violates this section in an effort
to conceal a substantive offense involving the
causing, transporting, permitting or offering or
seeking by notice or advertisement, a minor to
engage in sexually explicit conduct for the pur-
pose of producing a visual depiction of such con-
duct in violation of this title, or to conceal a
substantive offense that involved trafficking in
material involving the sexual exploitation of a
minor, including receiving, transporting, adver-
tising, or possessing material involving the sex-
ual exploitation of a minor with intent to traf-
fic, in violation of this title, shall be imprisoned
for not more than 5 years and 2 fined in accord-
ance with the provisions of this title, or both.
(3) Whoever violates paragraph (2) after having
been previously convicted of a violation punish-
able under that paragraph shall be imprisoned
for any period of years not more than 10 years
but not less than 2 years, and 2 fined in accord-
ance with the provisions of this title, or both.
The 3 provisions of this section shall not be-
come effective until 90 days after the final regu-
lations implementing this section are published
in the Federal Register. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to any matter, or image
therein, produced
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