[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 959 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 959

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that traveling 
 interstate or causing another to travel interstate for the purpose of 
    female genital mutilation is prohibited, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2019

Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. 
 Wagner, and Ms. Jackson Lee) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that traveling 
 interstate or causing another to travel interstate for the purpose of 
    female genital mutilation is prohibited, 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 ``Protect our Girls Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

    Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly 
commits one of the following shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned not less than 10 years:
            ``(1) Travels in interstate commerce to circumcise, excise, 
        or infibulate the whole or any part of the labia majora or 
        labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not attained 
        the age of 18 years.
            ``(2) Causes another person who has not attained the age of 
        18 years to travel in interstate commerce for the whole or any 
        part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of that 
        person to be circumcised, excised, or infibulated.''.
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