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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 960 

To allow certain grants to be used for the purpose of assisting victims 

of female genital mutilation, to classify the offense of female genital 

mutilation as a part II crime for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2019 

Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. RYAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To allow certain grants to be used for the purpose of assisting victims of female genital mutilation, to classify the 

offense of female genital mutilation as a part II crime 

for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empower our Girls 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. VAWA GRANT PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA

3 GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 2001(b) of the Omnibus 

4 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

5 10441(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘female gen7 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘female gen9 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘female gen11 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘female gen13 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 

14 (5) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘female gen15 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ each 

16 place it appears; 

17 (6) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘female gen18 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 

19 (7) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘domestic vi20 olence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, female 

21 genital mutilation,’’; 

22 (8) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘female 

23 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ each 

24 place it appears; 

25 (9) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘female 

26 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and 


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1 (10) in paragraph (20), by inserting ‘‘female 

2 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’. 

3 (b) CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROGRAM.— 

4 (1) CHOOSE CHILDREN AND YOUTH.—Section 

5 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En6 forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amend7 ed by inserting ‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after 

8 ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it appears. 

9 (2) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the 

10 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

11 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘female 

13 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each 

14 place it appears; 

15 (B) in subsection (b)— 

16 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘fe17 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as18 sault,’’ each place it appears; and 

19 (ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘fe20 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as21 sault,’’; and 

22 (C) in subsection (c)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘fe24 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as25 sault,’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘fe2 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as3 sault,’’ each place it appears. 

4 (c) GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN5 DERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 120 of the Violence 

6 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza7 tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20123) is amended by insert8 ing ‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ 

9 each place it appears. 

10 (d) IMPROVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES.— 

11 (1) PURPOSE.—Section 2101(a) of the Omni12 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

13 U.S.C. 10461(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘female 

14 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’. 

15 (2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 2101(b) of 

16 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

17 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)) is amended— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘female 

19 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each 

20 place it appears; 

21 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘female 

22 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

23 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘female 

24 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 


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1 (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘female 

2 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

3 (E) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘female 

4 genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 

5 (F) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘fe6 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as7 sault,’’; 

8 (G) in paragraph (15), by inserting ‘‘fe9 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as10 sault,’’; and 

11 (H) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘fe12 male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as13 sault,’’. 

14 (3) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 2101(c)(1)(D) of the 

15 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

16 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(c)(1)(D)) is amended— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘female genital mutila18 tion,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ the first place it 

19 appears; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, stalking, or sexual assault’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

23 assault, female genital mutilation, or stalking’’. 

24 (4) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2102(b) of the 

25 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 


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1 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10462(b)) is amended by inserting 

2 ‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ 

3 each place it appears. 

4 (e) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.—Section 1201 

5 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 

6 20121) is amended by inserting ‘‘female genital mutila7 tion,’’ after ‘‘dating violence,’’ each place it appears. 

8 (f) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 

9 Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

10 (34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended by inserting ‘‘female gen11 ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it ap12 pears. 

13 (g) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION DEFINED.—Sec14 tion 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En15 forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)) is amended 

16 by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(46) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.—The 

18 term ‘female genital mutilation’ means the removal 

19 or infibulation (or both) of the whole or part of the 

20 clitoris, the labia minor, or the labia major.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. REPORTING ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. 

22 (a) UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS.—The Director of the 

23 Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, pursuant to section 

24 534 of title 28, United States Code, classify the offense 


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1 of female genital mutilation as a part II crime in the Uni2 form Crime Reports. 

3 (b) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION DEFINED.—In 

4 this section, the term ‘‘female genital mutilation’’ means 

5 the removal or infibulation (or both) of the whole or part 

6 of the clitoris, the labia minora, or labia majora. 

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