,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,crowley 7for himself and ,ms4     
,jackson ,lee7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to address the urgent need for 
a ,federal strategy to ensure that      
individuals who encounter minors at risk
 of female genital mutilation are fully 
prepared to take action to prevent the  
practice1 and individuals who have been 
subjected to female genital mutilation  
can seek necessary services1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,zero          
,tolerance for ,,fgm ,act of #bjae4  #b4
 ,findings ,the ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,female genital        
mutilation 7in this ,act referred to as 
,,fgm7 is a harmful traditional practice
 carried out on an estimated #abe       
million girls and women around the      
world4  7#b7 ,if current trends         

continue1 an additional #hf million will
 face the procedure by #bjcj1 including 
minors in the ,united ,states4  7#c7    
,according to an article which appeared 
in ,public ,health ,reports 7#aiig      
,,jan-,,feb7 entitled ,female genital   
mutilation4 ,female circumcision4 ,who  
is at risk in the ,u4,s481 relying on   
estimates derived by the ,centers for   
,disease ,control and ,prevention1 in   
#aiij over #afh1jjj girls and women     
living in the ,united ,states had either
 been1 or were at risk of being1        
subjected to ,,fgm4  7#d7 ,,fgm is      
widely recognized as a violation of the 
rights of girls4  7#e7 ,the ,united     
,nations1 with the support of the       
,united ,states1 adopted a resolution   
calling for all countries to develop    
national strategies to end ,,fgm4  7#f7 
,the ,united ,nations declared a goal of
 fully ending ,,fgm within a generation4
  7#g7 ,the ,united ,nations recognizes 
,international ,day for ,zero ,tolerance
 of ,,fgm4  7#h7 ,it is illegal to carry

 out ,,fgm against a minor in the       
,united ,states4  #c4 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of the       
,congress that--  7#a7 there is an      
urgent need for the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services1 in        
consultation with officials at other    
relevant ,federal departments and       
agencies1 to develop and implement a    
multi-agency strategy to ensure that--  
7,a7 individuals who encounter minors at
 risk of ,,fgm are fully prepared to    
take action to prevent the practice2 and
  7,b7 individuals who have been        
subjected to ,,fgm can seek necessary   
services2  7#b7 the strategy should     
provide for updating the estimates of   
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention on the prevalence of women  
and girls with female genital mutilation
 or female circumcision2 and  7#c7 the  
strategy should provide for a public    
awareness campaign1 so that the         
,american public understands--  7,a7 how
 to help individuals in danger of being 

subjected to ,,fgm2 and  7,b7 how to    
address the needs of individuals who    
have been subjected to it4  #d4 ,report 
,not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in consultation with         
officials at relevant ,federal          
departments and agencies1 shall submit  
to the ,congress a report on the status 
of the development and implementation of
 the strategy described in section #c4