[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7420 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7420

  To amend chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a 
    criminal offense for the transportation of a minor for a gender 
                         transition procedure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2026

     Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Crane, Mr. Fry, and Mrs. Luna) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, to establish a 
    criminal offense for the transportation of a minor for a gender 
                         transition procedure.

    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 ``Stop Gender Trafficking of Minors 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) A growing body of international medical guidance has 
        advised against the routine use of puberty blockers, hormone 
        therapy, and gender altering surgeries for minors, absent long-
        term evidence of benefit and safety. The rise in detransition 
        and regret among young adults who underwent such procedures as 
        minors further underscores the need for robust Federal 
        safeguards.
            (2) The Federal Government has a compelling interest in 
        protecting minors from experimental and irreversible medical 
        procedures that may result in long-term harm, including 
        sterilization, loss of sexual function, and psychological 
        distress.
            (3) The transportation of minors across state lines to 
        receive such procedures constitutes interstate activity subject 
        to Federal regulation under the Commerce Clause of the United 
        States Constitution.

SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION OF A MINOR FOR GENDER A TRANSITION PROCEDURE.

    (a) Offense.--Chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1205 Transportation of a minor for a gender transition procedure
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or 
foreign commerce, or the offender travels in interstate or foreign 
commerce or uses the mail or any means, facility, or instrumentality of 
interstate or foreign commerce in committing or in furtherance of the 
commission of the offense, a minor to facilitate the minor in obtaining 
a gender transition procedure shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
    ``(b) Civil Action.--A minor or a parent or legal guardian of a 
minor who has been transported in violation of subsection (a) may bring 
a civil action in an appropriate district court for injunctive relief, 
compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys' fees.
    ``(c) Gender Transition Procedure Defined.--In this section, the 
term `gender transition procedure' includes any medical or surgical 
intervention intended to alter the minor's sex characteristics in a 
manner inconsistent with the minor's biological sex, including:
            ``(1) Administration of puberty-blocking medications, 
        including transportation relating to an appointment to obtain 
        such medication or obtaining such medication.
            ``(2) Administration of cross-sex hormones.
            ``(3) A surgical intervention, including a mastectomy, 
        phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, or other procedure intended to 
        change primary or secondary sex characteristics.''.
    (b) Federal Funding Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be awarded 
to a State, unit of local government, or other governmental entity 
that:
            (1) Enacts, implements, or maintains a policy that permits 
        or encourages a minor to undergo a gender transition procedure 
        by being transported across State lines.
            (2) Declares itself a sanctuary jurisdiction for a gender 
        transition procedure.
            (3) Does not cooperate with a Federal investigation of a 
        violation of section 1205 of title 18, United States Code.
            (4) Fails to cooperate with Federal investigations or 
        enforcement actions related to this Act.
    (c) Gender Transition Procedure Defined.--In this section, the term 
``gender transition procedure'' shall have the meaning given such term 
in section 1205 of title 18, United States Code.
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