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18 U.S.C. § 2259

Mandatory restitution

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 2259, Mandatory restitution, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449530
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If the defendant was convicted of trafficking in child pornography, the court shall order restitution under this section in an amount to be determined by the court as follows: A court may not decline to issue an order under this section because of— For purposes of this subsection, the term “full amount of the victim’s losses” includes any costs incurred, or that are reasonably projected to be incurred in the future, by the victim, as a proximate result of the offenses involving the victim, and in the case of trafficking in child pornography offenses, as a proximate result of all trafficking in child pornography offenses involving the same victim, including— The amount of defined monetary assistance payable under this subparagraph shall be equal to— for each calendar year after the year described in clause (i), $35,000 multiplied by the ratio (not less than one) of—

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.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 103-322(H.R. 3355)1994-09-13
    Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-132(S. 735)1996-04-24
    Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-299(S. 2152)2018-12-07
    Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally