119-hr3688

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3688 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3688

 To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
 gender transition procedures on minors, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 3, 2025

 Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
 Gosar, Mr. Nehls, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Arrington, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Bost) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
 gender transition procedures on minors, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children from 
Experimentation Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES ON MINORS PROHIBITED.

 Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by adding at the end the following:
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Sec. 2260B. Gender transition procedures on minors
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    (a) In General.--Any physical or mental health care professional 
who, under the circumstances described in subsection
            (d) , knowingly 
performs or otherwise aids and abets the performance of a gender 
transition procedure on a minor shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
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    (b) Prohibition on Prosecution of Person on Whom Procedures Are 
Performed.--No person on whom the gender transition procedure under 
subsection

    (a) is performed may be arrested or prosecuted for an 
offense under this section.
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            (c) Civil Action.--A person on whom a gender transition procedure 
is performed under this section may bring a civil action for 
appropriate relief against each person who performed the gender 
transition procedure.
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            (d) Circumstances Described.--For purposes of subsection

    (a) , the 
circumstances described in this subsection are that--
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    (1) the defendant or minor traveled in interstate or 
 foreign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, 
 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;
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    (2) the defendant used a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) ;
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    (3) any payment of any kind was made, directly or 
 indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct 
 described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, facility, 
 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or 
 affecting interstate or foreign commerce;
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    (4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or foreign 
 commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) using any means, channel, 
 facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
 or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means 
 or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
 electromagnetic transmission;
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    (5) any instrument, item, substance, or other object that 
 has traveled in interstate or foreign commerce was used to 
 perform the conduct described in subsection

    (a) ;
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    (6) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) occurred 
 within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
 United States, or any territory or possession of the United 
 States; or
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    (7) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) otherwise 
 occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.
 ``

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) Female.--The term `female', when used to refer to a 
 natural person, means an individual who naturally has, had, 
 will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, 
 historical accident, or intentional or unintentional 
 disruption, the reproductive system that at some point 
 produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization.
 ``

    (2) Gender transition.--The term `gender transition' 
 means the process in which an individual goes from identifying 
 with or presenting as his or her sex to identifying with or 
 presenting a self-proclaimed identity that does not correspond 
 with or is different from his or her sex, and may be 
 accompanied with social, legal, or physical changes.
 ``

    (3) Gender transition procedure.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The term `gender transition 
 procedure' means any hormonal or surgical intervention 
 for the purpose of gender transition, including--
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            (i) gonadotropin-releasing hormone

    (GnRH) agonists or other puberty-blocking or 
 suppressing drugs to stop or delay normal 
 puberty;
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            (ii) testosterone, estrogen, 
 progesterone, or other androgens to an 
 individual at doses that are supraphysiologic 
 to what would normally be produced endogenously 
 in a healthy individual of the same age and 
 sex;
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            (iii) castration;
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            (iv) orchiectomy;
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            (v) scrotoplasty;
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            (vi) implantation of erection or 
 testicular prostheses;
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            (vii) vasectomy;
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            (viii) hysterectomy;
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            (ix) oophorectomy;
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            (x) ovariectomy;
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            (xi) reconstruction of the fixed part of 
 the urethra with or without a metoidioplasty or 
 a phalloplasty;
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            (xii) metoidioplasty;
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            (xiii) penectomy;
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            (xiv) phalloplasty;
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            (xv) vaginoplasty;
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            (xvi) clitoroplasty;
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            (xvii) vaginectomy;
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            (xviii) vulvoplasty;
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            (xix) reduction thyrochondroplasty;
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            (xx) chondrolaryngoplasty;
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            (xxi) mastectomy;
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            (xxii) tubal ligation;
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            (xxiii) sterilization;
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            (xxiv) any plastic, cosmetic, or 
 aesthetic surgery that feminizes or 
 masculinizes the facial or other physiological 
 features of an individual;
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            (xxv) any placement of chest implants to 
 create feminine breasts;
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            (xxvi) any placement of fat or artificial 
 implants in the gluteal region;
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            (xxvii) augmentation mammoplasty;
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            (xxviii) liposuction;
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            (xxix) lipofilling;
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            (xxx) voice surgery;
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            (xxxi) hair reconstruction;
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            (xxxii) pectoral implants; and
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            (xxxiii) the removal of any otherwise 
 healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.
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        (B) Exclusions.--The term `gender transition 
 procedure' does not include the following when 
 furnished to an individual by a health care provider 
 with the consent of such individual or, if applicable, 
 such individual's parents or legal guardian:
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            (i) Services to individuals born with a 
 medically verifiable disorder of sex 
 development, including an individual with 
 external sex characteristics that are 
 irresolvably ambiguous, such as an individual 
 born with 46 XX chromosomes with virilization, 
 an individual born with 46 XY chromosomes with 
 undervirilization, or an individual born having 
 both ovarian and testicular tissue.
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            (ii) Services provided when a physician 
 has otherwise diagnosed a disorder of sexual 
 development in which the physician has 
 determined through genetic or biochemical 
 testing that the individual does not have 
 normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid 
 hormone production, or sex steroid hormone 
 action for a healthy individual of the same sex 
 and age.
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            (iii) The treatment of any infection, 
 injury, disease, or disorder that has been 
 caused by or exacerbated by the performance of 
 gender transition procedures, whether or not 
 the gender transition procedure was performed 
 in accordance with State and Federal law or 
 whether or not funding for the gender 
 transition procedure is permissible under this 
 section.
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            (iv) Any procedure undertaken because the 
 individual suffers from a physical disorder, 
 physical injury, or physical illness (but not 
 mental, behavioral, or emotional distress or a 
 mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder) that 
 would, as certified by a physician, place the 
 individual in imminent danger of death or 
 impairment of major bodily function, unless the 
 procedure is performed.
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            (v) Puberty suppression or blocking 
 prescription drugs for the purpose of 
 normalizing puberty for a minor experiencing 
 precocious puberty.
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            (vi) Male circumcision.
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    (4) Male.--The term `male', when used to refer to a 
 natural person, means an individual who naturally has, had, 
 will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, 
 historical accident, or intentional or unintentional 
 disruption, the reproductive system that at some point 
 produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
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    (5) Minor.--The term `minor' means an individual under 
 the age of 18.
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    (6) Sex.--The term `sex', when referring to an 
 individual's sex, means to refer to either male or female, as 
 biologically determined.''; and

    (2) by amending the table of sections for such chapter by 
 adding at the end the following:

``2260B. Gender transition procedures on minors.''.
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