18 USC § 2427 - Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2427"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 2427 - Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2427"
section_name: "Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense"
chapter_number: 117
chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED CRIMES"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 2427. Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense
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).
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**Source Credit**: (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.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2023— inserted “does not require interpersonal physical contact, and” before “includes”.