102 STAT. 4488
Regulations.
18 USC 2257 note.
PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988
"(A) proof that the person failed to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section concerning the creation and maintenance of records, or a regulation issued pursuant thereto, shall raise a rebuttable presumption that such performer was a minor; and "(B) proof that the person failed to comply with the provisions of subsection (e) of this section concerning the statement required by that subsection shall raise the rebuttable presumption that every performer in the matter was a minor. "(e)(1) Any person to whom subsection (a) applies shall cause to be affixed to every copy of any matter described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, in such manner and in such form as the Attorney General shall by regulations prescribe, a statement describing where the records required by this section with respect to all performers depicted in that copy of the matter may be located. "(2) If the person to whom subsection (a) of this section applies is an organization the statement required by this subsection shall include the name, title, and business address of the individual employed by such organization responsible for maintaining the records required by this section. "(3) In any prosecution of a person for an offense in violation of section 2252 of this title which has as an element the transporting, mailing, or distribution of a visual depiction involving the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and in which that element is sought to be established by a showing that a performer within the meaning of this section is a minor, proof that the matter in which the visual depiction is contained did not contain the statement required by this section shall raise a rebuttable presumption that such performer was a minor. "(f) The Attorney General shall issue appropriate regulations to carry out this section. "(g) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'actual sexually explicit conduct' means actual but not simulated conduct as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (2) of section 2256 of this title; "(2) 'identification document' has the meaning given that term in subsection 1028(d) of this title; "(3) the term 'produces' means to produce, manufacture, or publish and includes the duplication, reproduction, or reissuing of any material; and "(4) the term 'performer' includes any person portrayed in a visual depiction engaging in, or assisting another person to engage in, actual sexually explicit conduct.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2256 the following: "2257. Record keeping requirements.". (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section
2257 of title 18, United States Code, as added by this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act except— (1) the Attorney General shall prepare the initial set of regulations required or authorized by section 2257 within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) subsection (e) of section 2257 of such title and of any regulation issued pursuant thereto shall take effect 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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