Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 117.djvu/706

 PUBLIC LAW 108–21—APR. 30, 2003

117 STAT. 687

‘‘§ 25. Use of minors in crimes of violence ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions shall apply: ‘‘(1) CRIME OF VIOLENCE.—The term ‘crime of violence’ has the meaning set forth in section 16. ‘‘(2) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means a person who has not reached 18 years of age. ‘‘(3) USES.—The term ‘uses’ means employs, hires, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces. ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who is 18 years of age or older, who intentionally uses a minor to commit a crime of violence for which such person may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, or to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension for such an offense, shall— ‘‘(1) for the first conviction, be subject to twice the maximum term of imprisonment and twice the maximum fine that would otherwise be authorized for the offense; and ‘‘(2) for each subsequent conviction, be subject to 3 times the maximum term of imprisonment and 3 times the maximum fine that would otherwise be authorized for the offense.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘25. Use of minors in crimes of violence.’’. SEC. 602. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

(a) FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION.—It is the sense of Congress that the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice should focus its investigative and prosecutorial efforts on major producers, distributors, and sellers of obscene material and child pornography that use misleading methods to market their material to children. (b) VOLUNTARY LIMITATION ON WEBSITE FRONT PAGES.—It is the sense of Congress that the online commercial adult entertainment industry should voluntarily refrain from placing obscenity, child pornography, or material that is harmful to minors on the front pages of their websites to protect juveniles from material that may negatively impact their social, moral, and psychological development. SEC. 603. COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT OF 1996.

Section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent’’ and inserting ‘‘or child pornography’’; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘indecent’’ and inserting ‘‘child pornography’’; and (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs’’ and inserting ‘‘is obscene or child pornography’’.

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