Sec. 1305. Pilot program to prevent and respond to female genital mutilation or cutting
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In this section: The term bodily injury has the meaning given the term in section 1365(h) of title 18, United States Code. The term eligible entity means— a State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agency; a national, regional, or local victim services organization; or a State, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agency working in collaboration with a national, regional, or local organization. The term female genital mutilation or cutting means intentionally circumcising, excising, infibulating the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris, or in any way causing bodily injury to the female genitalia for non-medical reasons.
The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis to create, implement, and oversee female genital mutilation or cutting education, awareness, and prevention pilot programs. The period of a grant under this subsection shall be up to 2 years. The Attorney General shall make grants under this section for each of the first 6 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities serving communities with the highest estimate of women and girls at risk of experiencing female genital mutilation or cutting. Any female genital mutilation or cutting education, awareness, and prevention pilot program funded under this subsection may— provide education on the harmful effects of female genital mutilation or cutting; provide education and resources for treatment of female genital mutilation or cutting; engage in public service announcement campaigns to educate the community on the practice and prevention of female genital mutilation or cutting; or provide training to law enforcement agencies, medical personnel, social service agencies, or other community leaders regarding the practice, prevention, and detection of female genital mutilation or cutting.
Of the funds received through a grant under this section for a fiscal year, an eligible entity shall not use more than 10 percent for program evaluation. Each entity that receives a grant under paragraph
(1)shall submit a report to the Attorney General that includes information such as the methodology of and outcomes and statistics from the pilot program. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this Act and annually thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program, based on the reports submitted by grant recipients under paragraph (1). The Attorney General shall carry out this section using amounts otherwise available to the Attorney General.