U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 829
Empower our Girls Act
To allow certain grants to be used for the purpose of assisting victims of female genital mutilation, to classify the offense of female genital mutilation as a part II crime for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Scott PerryR-PA-10
- Introduced
- February 4, 2021, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (12)
6 Democrats, 6 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Tim BurchettR-TN-2
- Ken CalvertR-CA-42
- Scott DesJarlaisR-TN-4
- Ralph NormanR-SC-5
- Jefferson Van DrewR-NJ-2
- Jackie WalorskiR-IN-2
Signed on later
- Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-40March 31, 2022
- Antonio DelgadoD-NY-19April 1, 2022
- James P. McGovernD-MA-2April 7, 2022
- Bill FosterD-IL-11April 21, 2022
- Andy KimD-NJ-3May 10, 2022
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-20December 7, 2022