A bill to prohibit United States contributions to international organizations that advocate for sexual activity by persons who are younger than the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent.

Bill: 118-s-2062
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the United States from providing assistance to any international organization that supports, advocates for, or seeks to decriminalize sexual relations or sexual conduct by persons who are younger than the minimum age of consent, as defined by the national government of the country where such persons reside.</p><p>Assistance is also prohibited to any entity that supports or advocates for the belief that sexual activity involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact even when it is not consensual under law.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2062 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2023 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit United States contributions to international organizations that advocate for sexual activity by persons who are younger than the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent.

1. Prohibition against United States contributions to international organizations that advocate for sexual activity among minors Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 113 the following: 114. Prohibition against United States contributions to international organizations that advocate for sexual activity among minors Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no assistance may be provided under this part to— (1) any international organization that supports, advocates for, or seeks to decriminalize sexual relations or sexual conduct by persons who are younger than the minimum age of consent (as defined by the national government of the country in which such persons reside), or condemns laws prohibiting such behavior; or (2) any entity or organization that— (A) supports or advocates for the belief that sexual activity involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact even when it is not consensual under law; or (B) opposes any statute that recognizes that persons below the prescribed age of consent do not have the capacity to engage in consensual sex under any circumstance. .