,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cacc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjai,mr4  
,kennedy 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,higgins of    
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4        
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,ms4 ,kelly of    
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,speier1  
,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4     
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1  
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cox of  
,california1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,moore1
 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,ms4 ,snchez1
 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mrs4 ,torres of          
,california1 and ,mr4 ,crdenas7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit 
gay and trans panic defenses4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,gay and ,trans ,panic ,defense     

,prohibition ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,prohibition on gay and trans panic     
defenses  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #a of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #bh4 ,prohibition on gay and
 trans panic defenses  7a7 ,prohibition 
,no nonviolent sexual advance or        
perception or belief1 even if           
inaccurate1 of the gender1 gender       
identity or expression1 or sexual       
orientation of an individual may be used
 to excuse or justify the conduct of an 
individual or mitigate the severity of  
an offense4  7b7 ,past trauma           
,notwithstanding the prohibition in     
subsection 7a71 a court may admit       
evidence1 in accordance with the        
,federal ,rules of ,evidence1 of prior  
trauma to the defendant for the purpose 
of excusing or justifying the conduct of
 the defendant or mitigating the        
severity of an offense4  4  7b7         
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of sections for chapter #a of    

title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #bh4 ,prohibition on gay and
 trans panic defenses4  4  7c7 ,report  
,the ,attorney ,general shall submit to 
,congress an annual report that details 
prosecutions in ,federal court involving
 capital and noncapital crimes committed
 against lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1 or     
transgender individuals that were       
motivated by the victim's gender1 gender
 identity or expression1 or sexual      
orientation4