### **CHAPTER 110—SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN**

Sec.
2251.
Sexual exploitation of children.
2251A.
Selling or buying of children.
2252.
Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
2252A.
Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography.
2252B.
Misleading domain names on the Internet.
2252C.
Misleading words or digital images on the Internet.
2253.
Criminal forfeiture.
2254.
Civil forfeiture.
2255.
Civil remedy for personal injuries.
2256.
Definitions for chapter.
2257.
Record keeping requirements.
2257A.
Recordkeeping requirements for simulated sexual conduct. 1

2258.
Failure to report child abuse.
2258A.
Reporting requirements of providers.
2258B.
Limited liability for the reporting, storage, and handling of certain visual depictions of apparent child pornography to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
2258C.
Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to reports made to the CyberTipline.
2258D.
Limited liability for NCMEC.
2258E.
Definitions.
2259.
Mandatory restitution.
2259A.
Assessments in child pornography cases  2

2259B.
Child pornography victims reserve  2
2260.
Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States.
2260A.
Increased penalties for registered sex offenders. 1

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Amendments

**2024**—Pub. L. 118–59, §2(c), May 7, 2024, 138 Stat. 1016, added item 2258B and struck out former item 2258B "Limited liability for providers or domain name registrars".

**2018**—Pub. L. 115–395, §7, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5294, substituted "Reporting requirements of providers" for "Reporting requirements of electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers" in item 2258A, "Limited liability for providers or domain name registrars" for "Limited liability for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers" in item 2258B, "Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to reports made to the CyberTipline" for "Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to images reported to the CyberTipline" in item 2258C, and "Limited liability for NCMEC" for "Limited liability for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children" in item 2258D.

Pub. L. 115–299, §5(d), Dec. 7, 2018, 132 Stat. 4388, added items 2259A and 2259B.

**2008**—Pub. L. 110–401, title V, §501(b)(3), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4251, added items 2258A to 2258E.

**2006**—Pub. L. 109–248, title V, §503(b), title VII, §§702(b), 703(b), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 629, 648, 649, added items 2252C, 2257A, and 2260A.

**2003**—Pub. L. 108–21, title V, §521(b), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 686, added item 2252B.

**1996**—Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(i)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3501, redesignated item 2258, relating to production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor, as 2260.

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(a) [title I, §121[3(b)]], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–26, 3009–30, added item 2252A.

**1994**—Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §40113(b)(2), title XVI, §160001(b)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1910, 2037, added items 2258, relating to production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor, and 2259.

**1990**—Pub. L. 101–647, title II, §226(g)(2), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4808, inserted "AND OTHER ABUSE" after "EXPLOITATION" in chapter heading and added item 2258.

**1988**—Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §§7512(c), 7513(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4487, 4488, added items 2251A and 2257.

**1986**—Pub. L. 99–500, §101(b), [title VII, §703(b)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–75, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(b) [title VII, §703(b)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–75, added item 2255 and redesignated former item 2255 as 2256.

**1984**—Pub. L. 98–292, §7, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 206, added items 2253 and 2254 and redesignated former item 2253 as 2255.

1  So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.

2  So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.