98 STAT. 206
Customs law.
PUBLIC LAW 98-292—MAY 21, 1984 "(1) Any material or equipment used, or intended for use, in producing, reproducing, transporting, shipping, or receiving any visual depiction in violation of this chapter. "(2) Any visual depiction produced, transported, shipped, or received in violation of this chapter, or any material containing such depiction. "(3) Any property constituting or derived from gross profits or other proceeds obtained from a violation of this chapter, except that no property shall be forfeited under this paragraph, to the extent of the interest of an owner, by reason of any act or omission established by that owner to have been committed or omitted without the knowledge or consent of that owner. "(b) All provisions of the customs law relating to the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of property for violation of the customs laws, the disposition of such property or the proceeds from the sale thereof, the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures, and the compromise of claims, shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under this section, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, except that such duties as are imposed upon the customs officer or any other person with respect to the seizure and forfeiture of property under the customs laws shall be performed with respect to seizures and forfeitures of property under this section by such officers, agents, or other persons as may be authorized or designated for that purpose by the Attorney General, except to the extent that such duties arise from seizures and forfeitures effected by any customs officer.". SEC. 7. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended— (1) by inserting after the item relating to section 2252 the following new items: "2253. Criminal forfeiture. "2254. Civil forfeiture.";
Report. 28 USC 522 note.
18 USC 2251 et seq.
and (2) by redesignating the item relating to section 2253 as 2255. SEC. 8. Section 2516(l)(c) of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting "sections 2251 and 2252 (sexual exploitation of children)," after "section 664 (embezzlement from pension and welfare funds),". SEC. 9. Beginning one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress on prosecutions, convictions, and forfeitures under chapter 110 of title 18 of the United States Code. Approved May 21, 1984. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3635 (S. 1469): HOUSE REPORT No. 98-536 (Coram, on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 129 (1983): Nov. 14, considered and passed House. Vol. 130 (1984): Mar. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. May 8, House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 20, No. 21 (1984): May 21, Presidential statement.
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