,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself and ,mr4      
,gowdy7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
section #bdbc of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to eliminate a defense1  
to a criminal prosecution under that    
section1 based on the state of mind of  
the defendant as to the age of the minor
 engaging in1 or intended to engage in1 
a commercial sex act4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect 
,children from ,sex ,tourism ,act of    
#bjac4  #b4 ,elimination of defense     
based on the defendant's state of mind  
as to the age of the minor engaging in1 
or intended to engage in1 a commercial  
sexual act ,subsection 7g7 of section   
#bdbc of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended to read as follows3   
7g7 ,in a prosecution under this section
 based on illicit sexual conduct1 as    

defined in subsection 7f77#b71 the      
,government need not prove that the     
defendant knew the minor engaging in1 or
 intended to engage in1 a commercial sex
 act had not attained the age of #ah    
years4  4