US Congress House Bill 2915 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) eliminate as a defense to a criminal prosecution of transportation or travel in interstate commerce to engage in commercial sex act, proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably believed that the person with whom the defendant engaged in such act had attained the age of 18; and (2) declare that the government need not prove that the defendant knew the minor engaging in such act had not attained age 18.

Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013

Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]

Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-08-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2915/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2915/BILLS-113hr2915ih.pdf