§ 2258. Failure to report child abuse

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–647 title II § 226(g)(1) · 104 Stat. 4789

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2258

   Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 226(g)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4808

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 226(g)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4808

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 2258. Failure to report child abuse “A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.”.

2. 2006

   Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

   Pub. L. 109–248 title II § 209 · 120 Stat. 587

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2258

   Pub. L. 109–248 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both” for “guilty of a Class B misdemeanor”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–248 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both” for “guilty of a Class B misdemeanor”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 209. CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.   Section 2258 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “guilty of a Class B misdemeanor” and inserting “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both”.

3. 2018

   Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017

   Pub. L. 115–126 title I § 101(b) · 132 Stat. 318

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 2258

   Pub. L. 115–126 inserted “or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,” after “facility,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–126 inserted “or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,” after “facility,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Penalty for Failure To Report.— Section 2258 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,” after “facility,”.

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