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This handwritten legal document, filed on October 12, 2021, analyzes the legislative history and judicial interpretation of U.S. federal sexual abuse laws. It discusses the 1986 Sexual Abuse Act (SAA), its relationship with the Victim of Child Abuse Act and specific statutes like §3283, and cites court cases such as U.S. v. Shaw (2017) and U.S. v. Haynsworth (1997) to illustrate how courts have defined terms and applied the law. The note also references legislative proposals from 1984 and 1990 concerning statutes of limitations and legal definitions.