Denouncing female genital mutilation/cutting as a violation of the human rights of women and girls and urging the international community and the Federal Government to increase efforts to eliminate the harmful practice.
Latest action · May 20, 2019 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseMay 20, 2019
Summary
This resolution denounces female genital mutilation and cutting as human rights violations. It also urges the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to incorporate efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation and cutting and calls on the international community to increase efforts to eliminate such practices.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 219 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Passed393–0 | May 20, 2019 |
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2019 to May 20, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 19, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 27, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Feb 28, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 28, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | May 20, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2019Markup Apr 9, 2019 |
| Africa Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2019 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2019Mr. Castro (TX) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- May 20, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3976-3978)
- May 20, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 106.
- May 20, 2019At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 20, 2019Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3996)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4151 | Scott Perry R-PA | May 23, 2019 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E645 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 21, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3976–H3978Text printed H3976Recorded votes H3996denounce and call for | Joaquin Castro D-TX, Lois Frankel D-FL, Ron Wright R-TX | May 20, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1383–H1386 | Lois Frankel D-FL, Scott Perry R-PA | Feb 6, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 494 | A resolution denouncing female genital mutilation or cutting as a violation of the human rights of women and girls and urging the international community and the Federal Government to increase efforts to eliminate the harmful practice. | Identical bill | Feb 10, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Denouncing female genital mutilation/cutting as a violation of the human rights of women and girls and urging the international community and the Federal Government to increase efforts to eliminate the harmful practice.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2019Engrossed in House
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
