PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 1487 "(2) by means of any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause the person to behave that, if the person did not perform such labor or services, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint; or "(3) by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both. "§ 1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor "Whoever knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both. "§ 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud or coercion "(a) Whoever knowingly— "(1) in or affecting interstate commerce, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means a person; or "(2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in violation of paragraph (1), knowing that force, fraud, or coercion described in subsection (c)(2) will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). "(b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is— "(1) if the offense was effected by force, fraud, or coercion or if the person transported had not attained the age of 14 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or both; or "(2) if the offense was not so effected, and the person trsmsported had attained the age of 14 years but had not attained the age of 18 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. "(c) In this section: "(1) The term 'commercial sex act' means any sex act, on accoiuit of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. "(2) The term 'coercion' means—
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