§2260 Production of Sexually Explicit Depictions of a Minor for Importation Into the United States

Summary

It bans using, forcing, persuading, or moving a child outside the United States so the child will take part in sexual acts on camera or in a live video when the person means for those photos or videos to be brought into the United States or into waters within 12 miles of the U.S. coast. It also bans knowingly receiving, moving, selling, distributing, or holding such sexual images of a child outside the United States if the person intends for those images to be brought into the United States or into waters within 12 miles of the U.S. coast. People who do the first kind of act can be punished under 18 U.S.C. 2251(e), including the harsher sentences that apply to repeat offenders. People who do the second kind of act can be punished under 18 U.S.C. 2252(b)(1) for violations of 2252(a)(1)–(3), including the harsher penalties for prior convictions.