{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2426","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2426.","heading":"Repeat offenders","text":"\u00a7\u202f2426.\nRepeat offenders\n(a)\nMaximum Term of Imprisonment.\u2014\nThe maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior sex offense conviction shall be 3 times the term of imprisonment otherwise provided by this chapter, unless section 3559(e) applies.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cprior sex offense conviction\u201d means a conviction for an offense\u2014\n(A) under this chapter, chapter 109A, chapter 110, or section 1591; or\n(B) under State law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a chapter referred to in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; and\n(2) the term \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s2426.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2426."},{"t":"heading","text":"Repeat offenders"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Maximum Term of Imprisonment.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior sex offense conviction shall be 3 times the term of imprisonment otherwise provided by this chapter, unless section 3559(e) applies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201cprior sex offense conviction\u201d means a conviction for an offense\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" under this chapter, chapter 109A, chapter 110, or section 1591; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" under State law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a chapter referred to in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2426/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}