[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1919 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1919

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
  transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female 
                          genital mutilation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2011

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
  transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female 
                          genital mutilation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Girls Protection Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORT FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

    Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Whoever knowingly transports from the United States and its 
territories a person in foreign commerce for the purpose of conduct 
with regard to that person that would be a violation of subsection (a) 
if the conduct occurred within the United States, or attempts to do so, 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both.''.
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