US 18 U.S.C. § 2247 - Repeat Offender Enhancement for Chapter 109A Sexual Abuse Offences

What US 18 U.S.C. § 2247 - Repeat Offender Enhancement for Chapter 109A Sexual Abuse Offences requires

18 U.S.C. § 2247 provides a mandatory enhancement for federal chapter 109A sexual abuse offences (§§ 2241-2244A) where the defendant has a prior conviction for a similar federal, state, military, or foreign sexual abuse offence. The statutory maximum is doubled for repeat offenders. If the maximum is life imprisonment, that maximum stays life. The provision functions as a recidivist multiplier across the chapter and operates alongside the general federal Three Strikes statute (18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)) for serious violent felonies and the Adam Walsh Act-era enhancements. Sentencing judges apply § 2247 prior to USSG calibration.

Pillar: Adult Industry & Sexual Content Compliance · Authority: United States Congress (codified in Title 18 of the United States Code) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated: 2026-06-04

Primary source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2247

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• 18 U.S.C. § 2247 (Repeat offenders) subsection (a): '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, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment up to twice that otherwise authorized.' (law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2247)
• 18 U.S.C. § 2247(a) proviso: where the maximum term is life, doubling does not apply.

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