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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 2261B"
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description: "Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "110A"
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chapter_name: "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING"
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section: "2261B"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2261B"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2261B"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 18 U.S.C. § 2261B - Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children
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## Text
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(a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under the age of 18 years, the maximum imprisonment for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense in section 2261.
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(b) Limitation.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person who violates section 2261A if—
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(1) the person is subject to a sentence under section 2261(b)(5); and
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(2) (A) the person is under the age of 18 at the time the offense occurred; or
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(B) the victim of the offense is not less than 15 nor more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 years younger than the person who committed the offense at the time the offense occurred.
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(Added Pub. L. 116–249, § 2(a), Dec. 22, 2020, 134 Stat. 1126.)
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