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AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES MANUAL

2024

AMENDMENT 93

The Commentary to §2A3.2 captioned "Statutory Provision" and "Background" is amended by deleting "2243" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "2243(a)".

The Commentary to §2A3.2 captioned "Background" is amended by deleting "statutory rape, i.e.," immediately following "applies to", and by deleting "victim’s incapacity to give lawful consent" and inserting in lieu thereof "age of the victim".

Reason for Amendment: The purposes of this amendment are to clarify that the relevant factor is the age of the victim, and to provide a more specific reference to the underlying statute.

Effective Date: The effective date of this amendment is November 1, 1989.