Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/480

 102 STAT. 4486

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

SEC. 7512. SELLING OR BUYING OF CHILDREN.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2251 the following: "§ 2251 A. 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 20 years or for life and by a fine under this title, if any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section exist. "0?) 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 20 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.". (b) DEFINITION.—Section 2256 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 201 of this Act, is further amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting "; and" in lieu thereof; and (3) by adding at the end the following:

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