any object, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, 
degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any 
person; or 
‘‘(D) the intentional touching, not through the cloth-
ing, of the genitalia of another person who has not at-
tained the age of 16 years with an intent to abuse, hu-
miliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual 
desire of any person; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘sexual contact’ means the intentional 
touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the 
genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of 
any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, de-
grade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘official detention’ means— 
‘‘(A) detention by a Federal officer or employee, or 
under the direction of a Federal officer or employee, 
following arrest for an offense; following surrender in 
lieu of arrest for an offense; following a charge or con-
viction of an offense, or an allegation or finding of ju-
venile delinquency; following commitment as a material 
witness; following civil commitment in lieu of criminal 
proceedings or pending resumption of criminal pro-
ceedings that are being held in abeyance, or pending 
extradition, deportation, or exclusion; or 
‘‘(B) custody by a Federal officer or employee, or 
under the direction of a Federal officer or employee, 
for purposes incident to any detention described in sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph, including transpor-
tation, medical diagnosis or treatment, court appear-
ance, work, and recreation; 
but does not include supervision or other control (other 
than custody during specified hours or days) after release 
on bail, probation, or parole, or after release following a 
finding of juvenile delinquency. 
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—TRANSPORT FOR ILLEGAL 
SEXUAL ACTIVITY 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘211.
Transportation generally. 
‘‘212.
Coercion and enticement. 
‘‘213.
Transportation of children. 
‘‘214.
Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a child. 
‘‘§ 211. Transportation generally 
‘‘Whoever knowingly transports an individual in interstate or 
foreign commerce, or in any territory or possession of the 
United States, with intent that such individual engage in pros-
titution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be 
charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be 
imprisoned not more than 10 years. 
‘‘§ 212. Coercion and enticement 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or co-
erces any individual to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, 
or in any territory or possession of the United States, to en-
gage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any 
person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to 
do so, shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years. 
‘‘(b) Whoever, using any facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdic-
tion of the United States, knowingly persuades, induces, en-
tices, or coerces any child to engage in prostitution or any sex-
ual activity for which any person can be charged with a crimi-
nal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be imprisoned not less 
than 5 years and not more than 30 years. 
‘‘§ 213. Transportation of children 
‘‘(a) TRANSPORTATION WITH INTENT TO ENGAGE IN CRIMI-
NAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY.—Whoever transports a child in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or in any territory or possession of 
the United States, with intent that the child engage in prostitu-
tion, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be 
charged with a criminal offense, shall be imprisoned not less 
than 5 years and not more than 30 years. 
‘‘(b) TRAVEL WITH INTENT TO ENGAGE IN ILLICIT SEXUAL 
CONDUCT.—Whoever travels in interstate commerce or travels 
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into the United States, or, being a United States citizen or an 
alien admitted for permanent residence in the United States, 
travels in foreign commerce, for the purpose of engaging in any 
illicit sexual conduct shall be imprisoned not more than 30 
years. 
‘‘(c) ENGAGING IN ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT IN FOREIGN 
PLACES.—Any United States citizen or alien admitted for per-
manent residence who travels in foreign commerce, and engages 
in any illicit sexual conduct shall be imprisoned not more than 
30 years. 
‘‘(d) ANCILLARY OFFENSES.—Whoever, for the purpose of 
commercial advantage or private financial gain, arranges, in-
duces, procures, or facilitates the travel of a person knowing 
that such a person is traveling in interstate commerce or for-
eign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual con-
duct shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘illicit 
sexual conduct’ means— 
‘‘(1) a sexual act (as defined in section 205) with a child 
that would be in violation of subchapter A if the sexual act 
occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction 
of the United States; 
‘‘(2) any commercial sex act (as defined in section 1265) 
with a child; or 
‘‘(3) the production of child pornography, as defined in 
section 229. 
‘‘(f) DEFENSE.—In a prosecution under this section based 
on illicit sexual conduct as defined in subsection (f)(2), it is an 
affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed that 
the person with whom the defendant engaged in the commercial 
sex act had attained the age of 18 years. 
‘‘§ 214. Use of interstate facilities to transmit infor-
mation about a child 
‘‘Whoever, using a facility of interstate or foreign commerce, 
or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
United States, knowingly transmits of the name, address, tele-
phone number, social security number, or electronic mail ad-
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dress of another individual, knowing that such other individual 
has not attained the age of 16 years, with the intent to entice, 
encourage, offer, or solicit any person to engage in any sexual 
activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal 
offense, or attempts to do so, shall be imprisoned not more 
than 5 years. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER C—SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF 
CHILDREN 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘221.
Sexual exploitation of children. 
‘‘222.
Selling or buying of children. 
‘‘223.
Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploi-
tation of children and child pornography. 
‘‘224.
Misleading domain names on the Internet. 
‘‘225.
Definitions for subchapter. 
‘‘226.
Record keeping requirements. 
‘‘227.
Failure to report child abuse. 
‘‘§ 221. Sexual exploitation of children 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, as made applicable in subsection 
(b)— 
‘‘(1) either— 
‘‘(A) employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or 
coerces any child to engage in, or who has a child assist 
any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit 
conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depic-
tion of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting 
a live visual dipiction of such conduct; or 
‘‘(B) transports any child in interstate or foreign 
commerce, or in any territory or possession of the 
United States, with the intent that such child engage 
in such conduct for such purpose; or 
‘‘(2) being a parent, legal guardian, or person having 
custody or control of a child knowingly permits such child 
to engage in, or to assist any other person to engage in, 
sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any 
visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of 
transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct; 
shall be punished as provided under subsection (e). 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies if— 
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‘‘(1) the person engaging in that conduct knows or has 
reason to know that such visual depiction will be trans-
ported or transmitted in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce; 
‘‘(2) such visual depiction was produced using materials 
that have been transported in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce; 
‘‘(3) such visual depiction has actually been transported 
or transmitted in or affecting interstate or foreign com-
merce; or 
‘‘(4) the conduct constituting the offense occurs in or af-
fects interstate or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(c) 
EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION.—There 
is 
extraterritorial jurisdiction over an offense under subsection 
(a)(1) if the offender— 
‘‘(1) intends such visual depiction to be transported to 
the United States; or 
‘‘(2) transports such visual depiction to the United 
States. 
‘‘(d) ADVERTISEMENTS.—(1) Whoever, as made applicable 
by paragraph (2), knowingly makes, prints, or publishes, or 
causes to be made, printed, or published, any notice or adver-
tisement seeking or offering— 
‘‘(A) to receive, exchange, buy, produce, display, dis-
tribute, or reproduce, any visual depiction, if the production 
of such visual depiction involves the use of a child engaging 
in sexually explicit conduct and such visual depiction is of 
such conduct; or 
‘‘(B) participation in any act of sexually explicit conduct 
by or with any child for the purpose of producing a visual 
depiction of such conduct; 
shall be punished as provided under subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies if— 
‘‘(A) such person knows or has reason to know that such 
notice or advertisement will be transported in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce; or 
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