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H.R. 2915

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Protect Children from Sex Tourism Act of 2013
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Committee
Latest Action · September 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Congress
113th (2013–2015)
Introduced
August 1, 2013
Sponsor
Rep. Tom CottonR
Cosponsors (1)
0D 1R
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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.

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