Empower our Girls Act

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empower our Girls Act 2. VAWA grant programs (a) STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program Section 2001(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10441(b) (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (5) in paragraph (5), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (6) in paragraph (7), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (7) in paragraph (10), by striking domestic violence domestic violence, female genital mutilation, (8) in paragraph (12), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (9) in paragraph (14), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (10) in paragraph (20), by inserting female genital mutilation, domestic violence, (b) Consolidated Grant Program (1) Choose Children and Youth Section 41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12451 female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (2) Smart prevention Section 41303 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12463 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (C) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (c) Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Section 120 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 34 U.S.C. 20123 female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (d) Improving Criminal Justice Responses (1) Purpose Section 2101(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10461(a) female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (2) Grant authority Section 2101(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10461(b) (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (E) in paragraph (6), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (F) in paragraph (14), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (G) in paragraph (15), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (H) in paragraph (16), by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (3) Eligibility Section 2101(c)(1)(D) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10461(c)(1)(D) (A) by inserting female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (B) by striking domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, or stalking (4) Applications Section 2102(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10462(b) female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (e) Legal Assistance for Victims Section 1201 of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 ( 34 U.S.C. 20121 female genital mutilation, dating violence, (f) Transitional Housing Assistance Grants Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12351 female genital mutilation, sexual assault, (g) Female genital mutilation defined Section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) (46) Female genital mutilation The term female genital mutilation . 3. Reporting on female genital mutilation (a) Uniform Crime Reports The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United States Code, classify the offense of female genital mutilation as a part II crime in the Uniform Crime Reports. (b) Female genital mutilation defined In this section, the term female genital mutilation

Summary: Empower our Girls Act This bill allows certain grants authorized under the Violence Against Women Act to be used to support victims of female genital mutilation. Such grants already support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The bill also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to classify female genital mutilation as a Part II crime (i.e., a less serious offense) in the Uniform Crime Reports. (The FBI compiles and periodically publishes crime statistics through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Currently, the FBI does not compile and publish information about female genital mutilation.)