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H.R. 3492119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Dec 18, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 3492 would make gender-transition surgeries and hormone treatments for minors a federal crime carrying up to 10 years in prison.
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This bill expands an existing federal ban on female genital mutilation to also criminalize gender-transition-related surgeries and "chemical castration" (puberty blockers or hormones at levels differing from a person's birth sex) performed on minors. Violators would face up to 10 years in prison, and the law applies nationwide whenever there's a federal connection like interstate travel, mail, internet use, or payment through interstate commerce. Exceptions exist for standard medical care, intersex conditions, medically necessary treatment, and precocious puberty.
The bill affects doctors, medical providers, and parents or guardians involved in these decisions, as well as transgender minors and their families who would lose access to these treatments; only adults who perform, arrange, or facilitate the procedures face punishment, not the minors themselves.
If enacted, transgender youth and their families would no longer have legal access to these treatments in the United States, while adults seeking the same treatments would be unaffected. The bill has passed the House and awaits Senate Judiciary Committee action, so it is not yet law.
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Right now: it passed the House and now goes to the Senate. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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