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Guideline · 2026 Manual

§ 2G2.3.

Selling or Buying of Children for Use in the Production of Pornography

United States Sentencing Commission · Effective November 1, 2026

(a) Base Offense Level: 38

Commentary

Statutory provisions

Statutory Provision: 18 U.S.C. § 2251A.

Background

Background: The statutory minimum sentence for a defendant convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251A is thirty years imprisonment.

Historical note

Effective November 1, 1989 (amendment 162). Amended effective November 1, 2009 (amendment 736).

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