Sec. 3. AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT LAW ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

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## SEC. 3 AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT LAW ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by amending subsection

(a)to read as follows: > > ### “(a) > > Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly— > > > #### “(1) > > performs, attempts to perform, or conspires to perform female genital mutilation on another person who has not attained the age of 18 years; > > > #### “(2) > > being the parent, guardian, or caretaker of a person who has not attained the age of 18 years facilitates or consents to the female genital mutilation of such person; or > > > #### “(3) > > transports a person who has not attained the age of 18 years for the purpose of the performance of female genital mutilation on such person, > > shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.” ” > ; ####

(2)by amending subsection

(c)to read as follows: > > ### “(c) > > It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that female genital mutilation is required as a matter of religion, custom, tradition, ritual, or standard practice. ” > ; ####

(3)by striking subsection (d); and ####

(4)by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(d) > > For the purposes of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this subsection are that— > > > #### “(1) > > the defendant or victim traveled in interstate or foreign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in subsection (a); > > > #### “(2) > > the defendant used a means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in subsection (a); > > > #### “(3) > > any payment of any kind was made, directly or indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in subsection

(a)using any means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; > > > #### “(4) > > the defendant transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the conduct described in subsection

(a)using any means, channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or electromagnetic transmission; > > > #### “(5) > > any instrument, item, substance, or other object that has traveled in interstate or foreign commerce was used to perform the conduct described in subsection (a); > > > #### “(6) > > the conduct described in subsection

(a)occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or any territory or possession of the United States; or > > > #### “(7) > > the conduct described in subsection

(a)otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce. > > > ### “(e) > > For purposes of this section, the term ‘female genital mutilation’ means any procedure performed for non-medical reasons that involves partial or total removal of, or other injury to, the external female genitalia, and includes— > > > #### “(1) > > a clitoridectomy or the partial or total removal of the clitoris or the prepuce or clitoral hood; > > > #### “(2) > > excision or the partial or total removal (with or without excision of the clitoris) of the labia minora or the labia majora, or both; > > > #### “(3) > > infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal opening (with or without excision of the clitoris); or > > > #### “(4) > > other procedures that are harmful to the external female genitalia, including pricking, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area. ” > .