18 USC § 3300 - Recruitment or use of child soldiers

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title: "18 USC § 3300 - Recruitment or use of child soldiers"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3300"
section_name: "Recruitment or use of child soldiers"
chapter_number: 213
chapter_name: "LIMITATIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–340, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3736.)"
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# § 3300. Recruitment or use of child soldiers

No person may be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of section 2442 unless the indictment or the information is filed not later than 10 years after the commission of the offense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–340, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3736.)