1999 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 109A - SEXUAL ABUSE
Sec. 2242 - Sexual abuse
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 109A - SEXUAL ABUSE Sec. 2242 - Sexual abuse |
| Contains | section 2242 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 3621, 3661 108 Stat. 2150 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 99-646, Public Law 99-654, Public Law 103-322 |
§2242. Sexual abuse
Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, 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, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
(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.)
CodificationPub. L. 99–646 and Pub. L. 99–654 added identical sections 2242.
Amendments1994—Par. (1). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “kidnapping” for “kidnaping”.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 2119, 2244, 2255, 3486A, 3559 of this title; title 42 section 14071.
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