Hazel's Law

Bill: 113-hr-1690
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2013-04-23
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Evidence and witnesses

Human trafficking

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Child Protection Act of 2013 or Hazel's Law - Amends federal criminal code provisions prohibiting sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion to eliminate the requirement that the defendant had a reasonable opportunity to observe the victim in order to relieve the government of the need to prove that the defendant knew that the victim had not attained age 18.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1690 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2013 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Enyart , Ms. Bass , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Rush , Mr. Cárdenas , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Honda , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mrs. Negrete McLeod , Mr. Gutierrez , Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Takano , and Mr. Peters of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for the sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Protection Act of 2013 or as Hazel’s Law . 2. Knowledge of age not required for sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion Section 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking in which the defendant had a reasonable opportunity to observe the person so recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained or maintained ; and (2) by inserting so recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained or maintained after the Government need not prove that the defendant knew that the person .