I 
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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To allow certain grants to be used for the purpose of assist-
ing 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. 
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 ‘‘Empower our Girls 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 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)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(5) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ each 
place it appears; 
(6) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(7) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘domestic vi-
olence’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, female 
genital mutilation,’’; 
(8) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ each 
place it appears; 
(9) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and 
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(10) in paragraph (20), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘domestic violence,’’. 
(b) CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) CHOOSE CHILDREN AND YOUTH.—Section 
41201 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12451) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after 
‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it appears. 
(2) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12463) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’ each place it appears; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’ each place it appears. 
(c) GRANTS FOR OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO UN-
DERSERVED POPULATIONS.—Section 120 of the Violence 
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20123) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(d) IMPROVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—Section 2101(a) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10461(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘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)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 
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(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘female 
genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’; 
(F) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’; 
(G) in paragraph (15), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’; and 
(H) in paragraph (16), by inserting ‘‘fe-
male genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
sault,’’. 
(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)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘female genital mutila-
tion,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ the first place it 
appears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘domestic violence, dating 
violence, stalking, or sexual assault’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘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 
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1968 (34 U.S.C. 10462(b)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘female genital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(e) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS.—Section 1201 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 
20121) is amended by inserting ‘‘female genital mutila-
tion,’’ after ‘‘dating violence,’’ each place it appears. 
(f) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— 
Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
(34 U.S.C. 12351) is amended by inserting ‘‘female gen-
ital mutilation,’’ after ‘‘sexual assault,’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(g) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(46) FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION.—The 
term ‘female genital mutilation’ means the removal 
or infibulation (or both) of the whole or part of the 
clitoris, the labia minor, or the labia major.’’. 
SEC. 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 
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of female genital mutilation as a part II crime in the Uni-
form Crime Reports. 
(b) FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘female genital mutilation’’ means 
the removal or infibulation (or both) of the whole or part 
of the clitoris, the labia minora, or labia majora. 
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