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title: "18 U.S.C. § 2427"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 2427 - Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense

## Text

In this chapter, the term “sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense” does not require interpersonal physical contact, and includes the production of child pornography, as defined in section 2256(8).

(Added Pub. L. 105–314, title I, § 105(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2977; amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LI, § 5102(e), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2023—Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “does not require interpersonal physical contact, and” before “includes”.