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G:\M\17\MOORWI\MOORWI_077.XML AMENDMENT TO THE RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117–54 OFFERED BY MS. MOORE OF WISCONSIN In subtitle C of title VII, add at the end the fol- lowing: SEC.

746.

STUDY AND REPORT ON CHILD AND FORCED MARRIAGES.

(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a study on the effect of State laws on child marriages and forced mar- riages.
Such study shall include an evaluation of the fol- lowing: (1) State laws with respect to the minimum age required to receive a marriage license and exceptions to such minimum age requirement, including in the cases of parental consent, judicial approval, emanci- pation, and pregnancy.
(2) The effect of legislative reforms on— (A) State laws described in paragraph (1); and (B) the number of child marriages in— (i) each State that has enacted excep- tions to such minimum age requirement; and (ii) States that are adjacent to a State described in clause (i).
(3) The difficulty of obtaining data from each State with respect to child marriages.

(4) The extent to which exceptions to the min- imum age requirement increase the number of child marriages that also qualify as a forced marriage.

(5) The extent to which child marriage leads to— (A) domestic violence; (B) dating violence; (C) sexual assault; and (D) sex trafficking.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the study under subsection (a) and submit to Congress a re- port containing the findings of the study, including infor- mation that is disaggregated by age and gender.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
(2) CHILD MARRIAGE.—The term ‘‘child mar- riage’’ means a marriage in which a party to the marriage has not attained the age of 18 at the time of the marriage.

(3) FORCED MARRIAGE.—The term ‘‘forced marriage’’ means a marriage that takes place with- out the full and free consent of one or both parties 10 and typically involves force, fraud, or coercion.