I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3492 
To amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2025 
Ms. GREENE of Georgia (for herself, Mr. CRANE, Mr. FINSTAD, Mrs. LUNA, 
Mrs. BICE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. 
KUSTOFF, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. BURLISON, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 
Mr. HARRIS of Maryland, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. 
COLLINS, Mr. OGLES, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CLYDE, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Ms. 
HAGEMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALMER, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
MILLER of Ohio, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. MOORE of 
West Virginia, Mr. COMER, Mr. GILL of Texas, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
MCDOWELL, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, and Mr. GOODEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with 
respect to genital and bodily mutilation and chemical 
castration of minors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Children’s In-
nocence Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. GENITAL AND BODILY MUTILATION OF A MINOR; 
CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF A MINOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 116 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 116. Genital and bodily mutilation of a minor; 
chemical castration of a minor 
‘‘(a) GENITAL OR BODILY MUTILATION.—Except as 
provided in subsection (g), whoever, in any circumstance 
described in subsection (d), knowingly performs, or at-
tempts to perform, genital or bodily mutilation on another 
person who is a minor, shall be fined under this title, im-
prisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF A MINOR.—Except 
as provided in subsection (g), whoever, in any cir-
cumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly chemi-
cally castrates a minor shall be fined under this title, im-
prisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) CERTAIN OFFENSE RELATED TO FEMALE GEN-
ITAL MUTILATION.—Except as provided in subsection (g), 
whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection (d), 
knowingly— 
‘‘(1) facilitates or consents to female genital 
mutilation of a minor; or 
‘‘(2) transports a minor for the purpose of the 
performance of female genital mutilation on such 
minor, 
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shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
10 years, or both. 
‘‘(d) CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED.—For the pur-
poses of subsections (a) and (b), the circumstances de-
scribed in this subsection are that— 
‘‘(1) the defendant or victim traveled in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or traveled using a 
means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of inter-
state or foreign commerce, in furtherance of or in 
connection with the conduct described in subsection 
(a) or (b); 
‘‘(2) the defendant used a means, channel, fa-
cility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
commerce in furtherance of or in connection with 
the conduct described in subsection (a) or (b); 
‘‘(3) any payment of any kind was made, di-
rectly or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connec-
tion with the conduct described in subsection (a) or 
(b) using any means, channel, facility, or instrumen-
tality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; 
‘‘(4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or 
foreign commerce any communication relating to or 
in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection 
(a) or (b) using any means, channel, facility, or in-
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strumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in 
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any 
means or in manner, including by computer, mail, 
wire, or electromagnetic transmission; 
‘‘(5) any instrument, item, substance, or other 
object that has traveled in interstate or foreign com-
merce was used to perform the conduct described in 
subsection (a) or (b); 
‘‘(6) the conduct described in subsection (a) or 
(b) occurred within the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States, or any terri-
tory or possession of the United States; or 
‘‘(7) the conduct described in subsection (a) or 
(b) otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or 
foreign commerce. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DEFENSE.—It shall 
not be a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) that 
female genital mutilation is required as a matter of reli-
gion, custom, tradition, ritual, or standard practice. 
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON PROSECUTION OF VICTIM.— 
No person who is chemically castrated or on whom genital 
or bodily mutilation is performed may be arrested or pros-
ecuted for an offense under this section. 
‘‘(g) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Genital or bodily mu-
tilation or chemical castration is not a violation 
of this section if such genital or bodily mutila-
tion or chemical castration is— 
‘‘(i) necessary to the health of the 
minor on whom it is conducted, and is con-
ducted by a person licensed in the place of 
such conduct as a medical practitioner; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of female genital mu-
tilation, performed on a minor in labor or 
who has just given birth and is performed 
for medical purposes connected with that 
labor or birth by a person licensed in the 
place it is performed as a medical practi-
tioner, midwife, or person in training to 
become such a practitioner or midwife. 
‘‘(B) HEALTH OF A MINOR.—For the pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the health of a 
minor does not include a mental health dis-
order. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—Genital or bodily mutilation 
or chemical castration is not a violation of this sec-
tion if such genital or bodily mutilation or chemical 
castration is conducted with respect to any of the 
following individuals: 
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‘‘(A) An individual with both ovarian and 
testicular tissue. 
‘‘(B) An individual with respect to whom a 
physician has determined through genetic or 
biochemical testing that the individual does not 
have normal sex chromosome structure, sex 
steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hor-
mone action. 
‘‘(C) An individual experiencing infection, 
disease, injury, or disorder caused or exacer-
bated by previous gender transition procedures. 
‘‘(D) An individual suffering from a phys-
ical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 
that would, as certified by a physician, place 
the individual in imminent danger of impair-
ment of a major bodily function unless the pro-
cedure is performed. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) GENITAL OR BODILY MUTILATION.—The 
term ‘genital or bodily mutilation’ means, with re-
spect to an individual, any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Female genital mutilation. 
‘‘(B) Any surgery performed for the pur-
pose of changing the body of such individual to 
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correspond to a sex that differs from their bio-
logical sex, including— 
‘‘(i) castration; 
‘‘(ii) orchiectomy; 
‘‘(iii) scrotoplasty; 
‘‘(iv) vasectomy; 
‘‘(v) hysterectomy; 
‘‘(vi) oophorectomy; 
‘‘(vii) ovariectomy; 
‘‘(viii) metoidioplasty; 
‘‘(ix) penectomy; 
‘‘(x) phalloplasty; 
‘‘(xi) vaginoplasty; 
‘‘(xii) vaginectomy; 
‘‘(xiii) vulvoplasty; 
‘‘(xiv) reduction thyrochondroplasty; 
‘‘(xv) chondrolaryngoplasty; and 
‘‘(xvi) mastectomy. 
‘‘(C) Any plastic surgery that feminizes or 
masculinizes the facial features for the purposes 
described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) Any placement of chest implants to 
create feminine breasts for the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(E) Any placement of fat or artificial im-
plants in the gluteal region for the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(2) 
CHEMICAL
CASTRATION.—The 
term 
‘chemical castration’ means administering, sup-
plying, prescribing, dispensing, distributing, or oth-
erwise conveying to an individual medications for the 
purposes described in paragraph (1)(B), including— 
‘‘(A) 
gonadotropin-releasing 
hormone 
(GnRH) analogues or other puberty-blocking 
drugs to stop or delay normal puberty; 
‘‘(B) testosterone or other androgens to bi-
ological 
females 
at 
doses 
that 
are 
supraphysiologic to the female sex; and 
‘‘(C) estrogen to biological males at doses 
that are supraphysiologic to the male sex. 
‘‘(3) BIOLOGICAL
SEX.—The term ‘biological 
sex’ means the indication of male or female sex by 
reproductive potential or capacity, sex chromosomes, 
naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, or inter-
nal or external genitalia present at birth. 
‘‘(4) FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION.—The 
term ‘female genital mutilation’ means any proce-
dure performed for non-medical reasons that in-
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volves partial or total removal of, or other injury to, 
the external female genitalia, and includes— 
‘‘(A) a clitoridectomy or the partial or total 
removal of the clitoris or the prepuce or clitoral 
hood; 
‘‘(B) excision or the partial or total re-
moval (with or without excision of the clitoris) 
of the labia minora or the labia majora, or 
both; 
‘‘(C) infibulation or the narrowing of the 
vaginal opening (with or without excision of the 
clitoris); or 
‘‘(D) other procedures that are harmful to 
the external female genitalia, including prick-
ing, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the gen-
ital area. 
‘‘(5) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means any per-
son under the age of eighteen years.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item related to section 116 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘116. Genital and bodily mutilation of a minor; chemical castration of a 
minor.’’. 
Æ 
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