,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjai,mr4 ,perry 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4     
,ryan1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 and ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee7 introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide that traveling interstate or    
causing another to travel interstate for
 the purpose of female genital          
mutilation is prohibited1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect our ,girls 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,female genital     
mutilation ,section #aaf of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7e7   
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
whoever knowingly commits one of the    
following shall be fined under this     
title and imprisoned not less than #aj  
years3  7#a7 ,travels in interstate     

commerce to circumcise1 excise1 or      
infibulate the whole or any part of the 
labia majora or labia minora or clitoris
 of another person who has not attained 
the age of #ah years4  7#b7 ,causes     
another person who has not attained the 
age of #ah years to travel in interstate
 commerce for the whole or any part of  
the labia majora or labia minora or     
clitoris of that person to be           
circumcised1 excised1 or infibulated4  4