Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 1585 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Reporting on female genital mutilation, female genital cutting, or female circumcision

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The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United States Code, classify the offense of female genital mutilation, female genital cutting, or female circumcision as a part II crime in the Uniform Crime Reports. In this section, the terms female genital mutilation , female genital cutting , FGM/C , or female circumcision mean the intentional removal or infibulation (or both) of either the whole or part of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. External female genitalia includes the pubis, labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, and urethral and vaginal openings.