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[CITE: 18USC2247]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 109A--SEXUAL ABUSE
 
Sec. 2247. Repeat offenders

    (a) Maximum Term of Imprisonment.--The maximum term of imprisonment 
for a violation of this chapter after a prior sex offense conviction 
shall be twice the term otherwise provided by this chapter.
    (b) Prior Sex Offense Conviction Defined.--In this section, the term 
``prior sex offense conviction'' has the meaning given that term in 
section 2426(b).

(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40111(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1903; amended Pub. L. 105-314, title III, Sec. 303, Oct. 30, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2979.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-314 reenacted section catchline without change and 
amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``Any 
person who violates a provision of this chapter, after one or more prior 
convictions for an offense punishable under this chapter, or after one 
or more prior convictions under the laws of any State relating to 
aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual contact have 
become final, is punishable by a term of imprisonment up to twice that 
otherwise authorized.''