Editing Mann Act (section)

==Congressional amendments to the law==
In 1978, Congress updated the act's definition of "transportation" and added protections against commercial sexual exploitation for minors. 

Congress added a 1986 amendment which further protected minors and added protection for adult males. In particular, as part of a larger 1986 bill focused on criminalizing various aspects of [[child pornography]], which was passed unanimously by both houses of Congress,<ref name=SFchron1986>"[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] Signs Tough Bill In Crackdown on Child Porn". [[United Press International]] via the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' November 8, 1986. "President Reagan signed a bill yesterday strengthening provisions of existing child pornography laws. The new measure, passed unanimously by both houses of Congress, would make it a crime to advertise to buy or sell child pornography, to seek children for the production of pornography or to participate with children in the production of it. <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> On another subject, the bill rewrites the Mann Act, a relic of the early part of the century, which makes it a crime to transport a woman across state lines for 'immoral' purposes. The new provision makes the statute gender-neutral and eliminates archaic language."</ref> the Mann Act was revised by replacing the ambiguous "debauchery" and "any other immoral purpose" with the more specific "any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense" as well as  making it gender-neutral.<ref name=SFchron1986/>

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! style=" border-bottom:1.5px solid black"|Date of Enactment
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|June 25, 1948
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 80-772
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|[[Harry S. Truman]]
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|February 6, 1978
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 95–225
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|[[Jimmy Carter]]
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|November 7, 1986
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 99–628
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|[[Ronald Reagan]]
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|September 13, 1994
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 103–322
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|[[Bill Clinton]]
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|February 8, 1996
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 104–104
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|Bill Clinton
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|October 30, 1998
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 105–314
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|Bill Clinton
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5;"|April 30, 2003
| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 108–21
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|[[George W. Bush]]
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| style="border-bottom:1.5px solid black; background:#F5F5F5;"|July 27, 2006
| style="border-bottom:1.5px solid black; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|P.L. 109–248
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| style="border-bottom:1.5px solid black; background:#F5F5F5; text-align:center;"|George W. Bush
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