H.R.7804 – A bill to amend chapter 117 of title 18 of the United States Code, commonly referred to as the “Mann Act,” to make its prohibitions apply equally with respect to males and females, and to increase the penalties for violation.
The Mann Act of 1910, (18 U.S.C. § 2421-2424) as amended in 1978 and again in 1986, criminalizes the transportation of minors, and the coercion of adults to travel across state lines or to foreign countries, for the purposes of engaging commercial sex. Both crimes are punishable with up to twenty years in prison, with enhanced punishment options for the transportation of a minor