,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,vargas 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,la,malfa1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4      
,enyart1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1   
,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mrs4 ,davis 
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4       
,jackson ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,negrete ,mc,leod1 
,mr4 ,gutierrez1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,takano1 and ,mr4 ,peters of       
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to remove knowledge of age as an 
element of the offense for the sex      
trafficking of children or by force1    
fraud1 or coercion4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,child   
,protection ,act of #bjac or as ,hazel's
 ,law4  #b4 ,knowledge of age not       
required for sex trafficking of children
 or by force1 fraud1 or coercion        
,section #aeia7;c7 of title #ah1 ,united

 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by   
striking in which the defendant had a   
reasonable opportunity to observe the   
person so recruited1 enticed1 harbored1 
transported1 provided1 obtained or      
maintained2 and  7#b7 by inserting so   
recruited1 enticed1 harbored1           
transported1 provided1 obtained or      
maintained after the ,government need   
not prove that the defendant knew that  
the person4