SRES 494
116th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Child health
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's health
Women's rights
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S966)
Feb 10, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This resolution denounces female genital mutilation or cutting as a human rights violation. It also urges the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to incorporate efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation or cutting and calls on the international community to increase efforts to eliminate this practice.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S966)
Committees of jurisdiction
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