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Pyrian
I'm vaguely curious what you mean by "practically every American jurisdiction"; to make that statement even marginally true you must be literally referring to "America" as the continent rather than as the U.S., as is so commonly done.
Federal laws are meant to apply to activities that occur in more than one state. For example, we have federal drug laws because drugs can be transported across state lines.
But when drugs are not being trasnported across state lines, then generally drug dealers are prosecuted under state laws not federal.
Each state has its own laws governing age of consent.
There's no such thing as a federal law governing age of consent. Were Congress to make such a law, the Supreme Court would most likely overrule them and strike the law down at the first opportunity.