18 U.S.C. § 2260 : US Code - Section 2260: Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2260 : US Code - Section 2260: Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States

(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, intending that the visual
depiction will be imported 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. - A person who violates subsection (a) or (b), or
conspires or attempts to do so -
(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than
10 years, or both; and
(2) if the person has a prior conviction under this chapter or
chapter 109A, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both.