Female circumcision Federal Bill Topic

7 bills on this subject

Filed across 3 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 110th at 4. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th

7 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1–8, newest first.

Bill	Title	Congress	Latest action
HR 2604	United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act	110th	June 7, 2007
HRES 32	A resolution denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and equality of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral and peaceful society.	110th	October 9, 2007
S 3288	Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009	110th	July 18, 2008
S 2682	United Nations Population Fund Restoration Act of 2008	110th	February 29, 2008
HR 3057	Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006	109th	November 14, 2005
HRES 970	Denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and independence of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral, and honorable society.	109th	July 28, 2006
HR 4114	GAINS for Women and Girls Act of 2002	107th	April 29, 2002
HR 544	To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-related persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding of removal.	107th	February 16, 2001

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.