[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3317 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3317


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 6, 2017

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for 
           female genital mutilation, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation 
Act of 2017'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

    Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``5 years'' each place it appears and inserting ``15 years''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that States should have in place laws 
that require health care professionals, teachers, and other school 
employees to report to local law enforcement agencies any instance of 
suspected female genital mutilation.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.