18-U.S.C.-2242
§2242 – Sexual Abuse
Pathway
Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 109A > Section 2242
Details
- Reference: Section 2242
- Legend: §2242 – Sexual Abuse
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the head of any Federal department or agency, knowingly—
(1) causes another person to engage in a sexual act by threatening or placing that other person in fear (other than by threatening or placing that other person in fear that any person will be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping); or
(2) engages in a sexual act with another person if that other person is—
(A) incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct; or
(B) physically incapable of declining participation in, or communicating unwillingness to engage in, that sexual act;
or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
(Added Pub. L. 99–646, §87(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3621, and Pub. L. 99–654, §2, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3661; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2150; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, §1177(a)(3), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3125; Pub. L. 109–248, title II, §§205, 207(2), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 613, 615; Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, §554, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2082.)
Codification
Pub. L. 99–646 and Pub. L. 99–654 added identical sections 2242.
Amendments
2007—Pub. L. 110–161 substituted the head of any Federal department or agency for the Attorney General in introductory provisions.
2006—Pub. L. 109–248 inserted comma after Attorney General in introductory provisions and substituted and imprisoned for any term of years or for life for , imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both in concluding provisions.
Pub. L. 109–162 inserted or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Attorney General after in a Federal prison, in introductory provisions.
1994—Par. (1). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted kidnapping for kidnaping.
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