Pub. L. 108-21, tit. I, sec. 102
FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD TORTURE MURDERS.
SEC. 102. FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD TORTURE MURDERS. Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) by inserting “child abuse,” after “sexual abuse,”; and(B) by inserting “or perpetrated as part of a pattern or practice of assault or torture against a child or children;” after “robbery;”; and(2) by inserting at the end the following:“(c) For purposes of this section—“(1) the term ‘assault’ has the same meaning as given that term in section 113;“(2) the term ‘child’ means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years and is—“(A) under the perpetrator’s care or control; or“(B) at least six years younger than the perpetrator;“(3) the term ‘child abuse’ means intentionally or knowingly causing death or serious bodily injury to a child;“(4) the term ‘pattern or practice of assault or torture’ means assault or torture engaged in on at least two occasions;“(5) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the meaning set forth in section 1365; and“(6) the term ‘torture’ means conduct, whether or not committed under the color of law, that otherwise satisfies the definition set forth in section 2340(1).”.