Girls Protection Act of 2011

Girls Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine, up to a five-year prison term, or both for knowingly transporting a girl under the age of 18 in foreign commerce for purposes of female genital mutilation.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2221 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2221

    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

                             June 16, 2011

Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Franks of 
Arizona, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
Schock, Mr. Dent, Mr. Jones, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Blumenauer, 
 Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Matheson, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, 
  and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) 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 2011''.

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 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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