,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #aa1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,la,malfa 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,norman1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,spano1   
,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4  
,steube1 ,mr4 ,flores1 and ,mr4 ,hice of
 ,georgia7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend chapter #aaj of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit      
gender reassignment medical             
interventions on minors1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,children ,from ,experimentation ,act of
 #bjbj4  #b4 ,gender reassignment       
medical interventions on minors         
prohibited ,chapter #aaj of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by adding at the end the following3    
#bbfj;,b4 ,gender reassignment medical  
interventions on minors  7a7 ,in general
 ,whoever knowingly performs any gender 

reassignment medical intervention on a  
minor shall be fined under this title or
 imprisoned not more than #e years1 or  
both4  7b7 ,prohibition on prosecution  
of person on whom intervention is       
performed ,no person on whom the gender 
reassignment medical intervention under 
subsection 7a7 is performed may be      
arrested or prosecuted for an offense   
under this section4  7c7 ,civil action  
,a person on whom a gender reassignment 
medical intervention is performed under 
this section may bring a civil action   
for appropriate relief against each     
person who performed the gender         
reassignment medical intervention4  7d7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,gender reassignment medical            
intervention  7,a7 ,in general ,for     
purposes of this chapter1 except as     
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the term 
gender reassignment medical intervention
 means-- 7i7 performing a surgery that  
sterilizes an individual1 including     
castration1 vasectomy1 hysterectomy1    

oophorectomy1 metoidioplasty1 penectomy1
 phalloplasty1 and vaginoplasty1 to     
change the body of such individual to   
correspond to a sex that is discordant  
with biological sex2  7ii7 performing a 
mastectomy on an individual for the     
purpose described in clause 7i72 or     
7iii7 administering or supplying to an  
individual medications for the purpose  
described in clause 7i71 including--    
7,i7 ,gn,r,h agonists or other          
puberty-blocking drugs to stop or delay 
normal puberty2  7,,ii7 testosterone or 
other androgens to biological females at
 doses that are supraphysiologic to the 
female sex2 or  7,,iii7 estrogen to     
biological males at doses that are      
supraphysiologic to the male sex4  7,b7 
,exception ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not 
apply to the following individuals3 7i7 
,an individual with external biological 
sex characteristics that are            
irresolvably ambiguous1 such as those   
born with #df ,,xx chromosomes with     
virilization1 #df ,,xy chromosomes with 

undervirilization1 or having both       
ovarian and testicular tissue4  7ii7 ,an
 individual with respect to whom a      
physician has determined through genetic
 or biochemical testing that the        
individual does not have normal sex     
chromosome structure1 sex steroid       
hormone production1 or sex steroid      
hormone action for a biological male or 
biological female4  7#b7 ,minor ,the    
term minor means any person under the   
age of eighteen years4  2 and  7#b7 by  
amending the table of sections for such 
chapter by adding at the end the        
following3  #bbfj;,b4 ,gender           
reassignment medical interventions on   
minors4  4