Transportation of a minor for gender a transition procedure

(a) Offense Chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1205 Transportation of a minor for a gender transition procedure (a) Offense Whoever knowingly transports in interstate or foreign commerce, or the offender travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses the mail or any means, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in committing or in furtherance of the commission of the offense, a minor to facilitate the minor in obtaining a gender transition procedure shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (b) Civil action A minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor who has been transported in violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees. (c) Gender transition procedure defined In this section, the term gender transition procedure includes any medical or surgical intervention intended to alter the minor’s sex characteristics in a manner inconsistent with the minor’s biological sex, including: (1) Administration of puberty-blocking medications, including transportation relating to an appointment to obtain such medication or obtaining such medication. (2) Administration of cross-sex hormones. (3) A surgical intervention, including a mastectomy, phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, or other procedure intended to change primary or secondary sex characteristics.. (b) Federal funding prohibition No Federal funds may be awarded to a State, unit of local government, or other governmental entity that: (1) Enacts, implements, or maintains a policy that permits or encourages a minor to undergo a gender transition procedure by being transported across State lines. (2) Declares itself a sanctuary jurisdiction for a gender transition procedure. (3) Does not cooperate with a Federal investigation of a violation of section 1205 of title 18, United States Code. (4) Fails to cooperate with Federal investigations or enforcement actions related to this Act. (c) Gender transition procedure defined In this section, the term gender transition procedure shall have the meaning given such term in section 1205 of title 18, United States Code.