Girls Protection Act of 2010

Girls Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine or five-year prison term, or both, on any U.S. citizen or alien admitted for permanent residence who knowingly transports in foreign commerce a girl under the age of 18 for the purposes of female genital mutilation.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5137 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5137

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
  transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female 
                          genital mutilation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2010

 Mr. Crowley (for himself and Mrs. Bono Mack) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
  transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female 
                          genital mutilation.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Girls Protection Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORT FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

    Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Whoever, being a United States citizen or alien admitted for 
permanent residence in the United States, knowingly transports a person 
in foreign commerce for the purpose of conduct with regard to that 
person that would be a violation of subsection (a) if the conduct 
occurred within the United States, or attempts to do so, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.''.
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