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18 U.S.C. § 116

Female genital mutilation

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 116, Female genital mutilation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448690
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Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly— A surgical operation is not a violation of this section if the operation is— For the purposes of subsection (a), the circumstances described in this subsection are that— 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—

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.