1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.
18 U.S.C. § 2244
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONPub. L. 99-646 and Pub. L. 99-654 added identical sections 2244.
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 117-103 added par. (6).2007-Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 110-161 substituted "the head of any Federal department or agency" for "the Attorney General".2006-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-248, §207(2), inserted comma after "Attorney General" in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 109-162, §1177(a)(5), inserted "or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Attorney General" after "in a Federal prison," in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109-248, §206(a)(2)(A)(i), inserted "subsection (a) or (b) of" before "section 2241 of this title". Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 109-162, §1177(b)(2), substituted "two years" for "six months".Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109-248, §206(a)(2)(A) (ii)-(iv), added par. (5).Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-248, §207(2), inserted comma after "Attorney General". Pub. L. 109-162, §1177(a)(5), (b)(2), inserted "or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Attorney General" after "in a Federal prison," and substituted "two years" for "six months". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109-248, §206(a)(2)(B), inserted "(other than subsection (a)(5))" after "violates this section". 1998-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-314 added subsec. (c).1994-Subsecs. (a)(4), (b). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000".1988-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690 substituted "ten years" for "five years" in par. (1) and "two years" for "one year" in par. (3).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 117-103 not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117-103, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
- prison
- the term "prison" means a correctional, detention, or penal facility;
- sexual act
- the term "sexual act" means-(A) contact between the penis and the vulva or the penis and the anus, and for purposes of this subparagraph contact involving the penis occurs upon penetration, however slight;(B) contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or the mouth and the anus;(C) the penetration, however slight, of the anal or genital opening of another by a hand or finger or by any object, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person; or(D) the intentional touching, not through the clothing, of the genitalia of another person who has not attained the age of 16 years with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person;
- sexual contact
- the term "sexual contact" means the intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person;