<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="idbdaefb0c-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B"><num value="2261B">§ 2261B.</num><heading> Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="idbdaefb0d-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Except as provided in subsection (b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under the age of 18 years, the maximum imprisonment for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense in section 2261.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="idbdaf221e-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person who violates section 2261A if—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idbdaf221f-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/b/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> the person is subject to a sentence under section 2261(b)(5); and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idbdaf2220-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/b/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idbdaf2221-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/b/2/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> the person is under the age of 18 at the time the offense occurred; or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idbdaf2222-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2261B/b/2/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> the victim of the offense is not less than 15 nor more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 years younger than the person who committed the offense at the time the offense occurred.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="idbdaf4933-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/116/249/s2/a">Pub. L. 116–249, § 2(a)</ref>, <date date="2020-12-22">Dec. 22, 2020</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/134/1126">134 Stat. 1126</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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