{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2247","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2247.","heading":"Repeat offenders","status":null,"guid":"idbd8ccd71-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40111(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1903; amended Pub. L. 105–314, title III, § 303, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2979; Pub. L. 108–21, title I, § 106(b), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 655.)","seq_in_title":789,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch109A","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch109A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 109A—","heading":"SEXUAL ABUSE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74f2ece5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2247\"><num value=\"2247\">§ 2247.</num><heading> Repeat offenders</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74f2ece6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2247/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Maximum Term of Imprisonment</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior sex offense conviction shall be twice the term otherwise provided by this chapter, unless section 3559(e) applies.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74f2ece7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2247/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Prior Sex Offense Conviction Defined</inline>.—</heading><content>In this section, the term “prior sex offense conviction” has the meaning given that term in section 2426(b).</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id74f2ece8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tIV/s40111/a\">Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40111(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/1903\">108 Stat. 1903</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/314/tIII/s303\">Pub. L. 105–314, title III, § 303</ref>, <date date=\"1998-10-30\">Oct. 30, 1998</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/112/2979\">112 Stat. 2979</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/21/tI/s106/b\">Pub. L. 108–21, title I, § 106(b)</ref>, <date date=\"2003-04-30\">Apr. 30, 2003</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/117/655\">117 Stat. 655</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74f2ece9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74f2ecea-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74f2eceb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2003—Subsec. (a). <ref href=\"/us/pl/108/21\">Pub. L. 108–21</ref> inserted “, unless section 3559(e) applies” before period at end.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1998—<ref href=\"/us/pl/105/314\">Pub. L. 105–314</ref> reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, after one or more prior convictions for an offense punishable under this chapter, or after one or more prior convictions under the laws of any State relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual contact have become final, is punishable by a term of imprisonment up to twice that otherwise authorized.”</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}