[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4254 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4254

To prohibit United States contributions to international organizations 
 that advocate for sexual activity by persons who are younger than the 
            domestically prescribed minimum age of consent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2023

   Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit United States contributions to international organizations 
 that advocate for sexual activity by persons who are younger than the 
            domestically prescribed minimum age of consent.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE FOR SEXUAL 
              ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS.

    Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 113 the 
following:

``SEC. 114. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE FOR SEXUAL 
              ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no assistance may be 
provided under this part to--
            ``(1) any international organization that supports, 
        advocates for, or seeks to decriminalize sexual relations or 
        sexual conduct by persons who are younger than the minimum age 
        of consent (as defined by the national government of the 
        country in which such persons reside), or condemns laws 
        prohibiting such behavior; or
            ``(2) any entity or organization that--
                    ``(A) supports or advocates for the belief that 
                sexual activity involving persons below the 
                domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex 
                may be consensual in fact even when it is not 
                consensual under law; or
                    ``(B) opposes any statute that recognizes that 
                persons below the prescribed age of consent do not have 
                the capacity to engage in consensual sex under any 
                circumstance.''.
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