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HR6876119th CongressWALLET

Protecting Children from Foreign Mutilation Act

Sponsored By: Representative McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]

Introduced

Summary

Bars foreign individuals from entering the U.S. if they performed, prescribed, facilitated, or supported chemical or surgical mutilations of U.S. minors. This bill would create an immigration-based sanctions regime that denies visas, blocks admission and parole, and can revoke existing visas for those individuals.

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  • Foreign medical providers and clinic owners identified by the President, including members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and licensed physicians who performed such treatments, would be made inadmissible, ineligible for visas or entry, and could have current visas revoked.
  • It defines "chemical or surgical mutilation" to include puberty blockers, sex hormones, and surgical procedures and lists exclusions for medically necessary care for disorders of sexual development, treatment of infections or injuries caused by such interventions, certain congenital or acute conditions, and detransition treatment.
  • The Secretary of State must set up procedures for submitting information about possible violators, the bill includes a narrow whistleblower exception and a presidential national security waiver, and it requires a report to Congress within 180 days on actions taken and the number of people sanctioned.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Limits gender-related care for minors

If enacted, the bill would define "chemical or surgical mutilation" for people under 18 to include puberty blockers (including GnRH agonists), sex hormones (for example androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone), and surgeries that change appearance or remove sexual organs. It would define "detransition treatment" as medical, surgical, or mental-health care to stop or reverse prior interventions or deal with their effects. The bill would exclude medically necessary care for verified disorders of sexual development, treatment for complications, interventions for diagnosed organ-system conditions (like traumatic injuries or certain congenital problems), and detransition care. These definitions would take effect on enactment and could make care harder or more costly for parents of minors seeking these treatments.

Visa ban for foreign providers

If enacted, the bill would require the President to impose visa and admission sanctions on certain foreign persons. Covered people would include some World Professional Association for Transgender Health members, foreign physicians who in their licensed capacity performed, prescribed, or facilitated covered interventions for U.S. minors, and owners or operators of clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, or other medical facilities that do those interventions. Sanctions would make those people inadmissible, ineligible for visas or entry documents, and ineligible for admission or parole, and would allow immediate revocation and automatic cancellation of any existing visas or entry papers. The bill would also require the State Department to set up a process for people to submit information about foreign persons, and it includes narrow exceptions: a whistleblower exception for some physicians, a presidential national-security waiver, and an exception to meet international obligations like the U.N. Headquarters Agreement.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]

NC • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Brecheen

    OK • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2026

  • Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/8/2026

  • Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2026

  • Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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