2009 FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL

CHAPTER 2 - PART G - OFFENSES INVOLVING COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS,

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, AND OBSCENITY

2.      SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR

§2G2.3.      Selling or Buying of Children for Use in the Production of Pornography

                   (a)       Base Offense Level: 38

Commentary

Statutory Provision: 18 U.S.C. § 2251A.

Background: The statutory minimum sentence for a defendant convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251A is thirty years imprisonment.

Historical Note: Effective November 1, 1989 (see Appendix C, amendment 162). Amended effective November 1, 2009 (see Appendix C, amendment 736).