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# 18 U.S.C. § 1470 - Transfer of obscene material to minors
## Text
Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly transfers obscene matter to another individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 105314, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2979.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Study on Limiting Availability of Pornography on InternetPub. L. 105314, title IX, § 901, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2991, provided for a study of computer-based technologies and other approaches to the problem of the availability of pornographic material to children on the Internet, in order to develop possible amendments to Federal criminal law and other law enforcement techniques to respond to the problem, and directed the Attorney General to submit to Congress a final report of the study not later than 2 years after Oct. 30, 1998.