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HR 2915 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Sex offenses

Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013

Introduced: August 1, 2013 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Aug 1, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 1, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 13, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2915: Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2915/
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"H.R. 2915: Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2915/.
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H.R. 2915, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2915/.
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