18 U.S.C. § 2253
Criminal forfeiture
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2253, Criminal forfeiture, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449518
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A person who is convicted of an offense under this chapter involving a visual depiction described in section 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, or 2260 of this chapter or who is convicted of an offense under section 2252B of this chapter,,11 So in original. The extra comma probably should follow “2260 of this chapter”. or who is convicted of an offense under chapter 109A, shall forfeit to the United States such person’s interest in—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Child Protection Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act of 1998House: 416–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally