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 Union Calendar No. 265
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3492

 [Report No. 119-311]

 To amend 

section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
 genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 19, 2025

Ms. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Crane, Mr. Finstad, Mrs. Luna, 
 Mrs. Bice, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. McGuire, Mr. 
Kustoff, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Burlison, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Higgins of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Harris of 
 Maryland, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Collins, Mr. Ogles, 
 Mr. Babin, Mr. Clyde, Ms. De La Cruz, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
 Palmer, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Norman, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
 Jackson of Texas, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Comer, Mr. Gill of 
 Texas, Mr. Baird, Mr. McDowell, Mrs. Harshbarger, and Mr. Gooden) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary

 September 26, 2025

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Rulli, Mr. Guest, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
 Carter of Georgia, Mr. Gosar, and Mrs. Hinson

 September 26, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend 

section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
 genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Children's Innocence Act''.

SEC. 2. GENITAL AND BODILY MUTILATION OF A MINOR; CHEMICAL CASTRATION 
 OF A MINOR.

    (a) In General.--

Section 116 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``

Sec. 116. Genital and bodily mutilation of a minor; chemical 
 castration of a minor
 ``

    (a) Genital or Bodily Mutilation.--Except as provided in 
subsection

    (g) , whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection
            (d) , knowingly performs, or attempts to perform, genital or bodily 
mutilation on another person who is a minor, shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
 ``

    (b) Chemical Castration of a Minor.--Except as provided in 
subsection

    (g) , whoever, in any circumstance described in subsection
            (d) , knowingly chemically castrates a minor shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
 ``
            (c) Certain Offense Related to Female Genital Mutilation.--Except 
as provided in subsection

    (g) , whoever, in any circumstance described 
in subsection
            (d) , knowingly--
 ``

    (1) facilitates or consents to female genital mutilation 
 of a minor; or
 ``

    (2) transports a minor for the purpose of the performance 
 of female genital mutilation on such minor,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or 
both.
 ``
            (d) Circumstances Described.--For the purposes of subsections

    (a) and

    (b) , the circumstances described in this subsection are that--
 ``

    (1) the defendant or victim traveled in interstate or 
 foreign commerce, or traveled using a means, channel, facility, 
 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce, in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) or

    (b) ;
 ``

    (2) the defendant used a means, channel, facility, or 
 instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in 
 furtherance of or in connection with the conduct described in 
 subsection

    (a) or

    (b) ;
 ``

    (3) any payment of any kind was made, directly or 
 indirectly, in furtherance of or in connection with the conduct 
 described in subsection

    (a) or

    (b) using any means, channel, 
 facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
 or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce;
 ``

    (4) the defendant transmitted in interstate or foreign 
 commerce any communication relating to or in furtherance of the 
 conduct described in subsection

    (a) or

    (b) using any means, 
 channel, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
 commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by 
 any means or in manner, including by computer, mail, wire, or 
 electromagnetic transmission;
 ``

    (5) any instrument, item, substance, or other object that 
 has traveled in interstate or foreign commerce was used to 
 perform the conduct described in subsection

    (a) or

    (b) ;
 ``

    (6) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) or

    (b) occurred within the special maritime and territorial 
 jurisdiction of the United States, or any territory or 
 possession of the United States; or
 ``

    (7) the conduct described in subsection

    (a) or

    (b) otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign 
 commerce.
 ``

    (e) Prohibition on Certain Defense.--It shall not be a defense to 
a prosecution under subsection

    (a) that female genital mutilation is 
required as a matter of religion, custom, tradition, ritual, or 
standard practice.
 ``

    (f) Prohibition on Prosecution of Victim.--No person who is 
chemically castrated or on whom genital or bodily mutilation is 
performed may be arrested or prosecuted for an offense under this 
section.
 ``

    (g) Exceptions.--
 ``

    (1) Procedures.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Genital or bodily mutilation or 
 chemical castration is not a violation of this section 
 if such genital or bodily mutilation or chemical 
 castration is--
 ``
            (i) necessary to the health of the minor 
 on whom it is conducted, and is conducted by a 
 person licensed in the place of such conduct as 
 a medical practitioner; or
 ``
            (ii) in the case of female genital 
 mutilation, performed on a minor in labor or 
 who has just given birth and is performed for 
 medical purposes connected with that labor or 
 birth by a person licensed in the place it is 
 performed as a medical practitioner, midwife, 
 or person in training to become such a 
 practitioner or midwife.
 ``
        (B) Health of a minor.--For the purposes of 
 subparagraph
        (A) , the health of a minor does not 
 include--
 ``
            (i) mental, behavioral, or emotional 
 distress; or
 ``
            (ii) a mental, behavioral, or emotional 
 disorder.
 ``

    (2) Exemption.--Genital or bodily mutilation or chemical 
 castration is not a violation of this section if such genital 
 or bodily mutilation or chemical castration is conducted with 
 respect to any of the following individuals:
 ``
        (A) An individual with both ovarian and 
 testicular tissue.
 ``
        (B) An individual with respect to whom a 
 physician has determined through genetic or biochemical 
 testing that the individual does not have normal sex 
 chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, 
 or sex steroid hormone action.
 ``
            (C) An individual experiencing infection, 
 disease, injury, or disorder caused or exacerbated by a 
 previous genital or bodily mutilation procedure or 
 chemical castration.
 ``
            (D) An individual suffering from a physical 
 disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that 
 would, as certified by a physician, place the 
 individual in imminent danger of impairment of a major 
 bodily function unless the procedure is performed.
 ``
        (E) An individual diagnosed with precocious 
 puberty, to the extent such genital or bodily 
 mutilation or chemical castration is for the purpose of 
 normalizing puberty.
 ``

    (h) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) Genital or bodily mutilation.--The term `genital or 
 bodily mutilation' means, with respect to an individual, any of 
 the following:
 ``
        (A) Female genital mutilation.
 ``
        (B) Any surgery performed for the purpose of 
 changing the body of such individual to correspond to a 
 sex that differs from their biological sex, including--
 ``
            (i) castration;
 ``
            (ii) orchiectomy;
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            (iii) scrotoplasty;
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            (iv) vasectomy;
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            (v) hysterectomy;
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            (vi) oophorectomy;
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            (vii) ovariectomy;
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            (viii) metoidioplasty;
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            (ix) penectomy;
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            (x) phalloplasty;
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            (xi) vaginoplasty;
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            (xii) vaginectomy;
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            (xiii) vulvoplasty;
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            (xiv) reduction thyrochondroplasty;
 ``
            (xv) chondrolaryngoplasty; and
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            (xvi) mastectomy.
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            (C) Any plastic surgery that feminizes or 
 masculinizes the facial or other physiological features 
 for the purposes described in subparagraph
        (B) .
 ``
            (D) Any placement of chest implants to create 
 feminine breasts for the purposes described in 
 subparagraph
        (B) .
 ``
        (E) Any placement of fat or artificial implants 
 in the gluteal region for the purposes described in 
 subparagraph
        (B) .
 ``
        (F) Any surgery to reconstruct the fixed part of 
 the urethra, whether or not such surgery includes a 
 metoidioplasty or a phalloplasty, for the purposes 
 described in subparagraph
        (B) .
 ``

    (2) Chemical castration.-- The term `chemical castration' 
 means administering, supplying, prescribing, dispensing, 
 distributing, or otherwise conveying to an individual 
 medications for the purposes described in paragraph

    (1)
        (B) , 
 including--
 ``
        (A) gonadotropin-releasing hormone

    (GnRH) analogues or other puberty-blocking drugs to stop or 
 delay normal puberty;
 ``
        (B) testosterone or other androgens to biological 
 females at doses that are supraphysiologic to the 
 female sex; and
 ``
            (C) estrogen to biological males at doses that 
 are supraphysiologic to the male sex.
 ``

    (3) Biological sex.--The term `biological sex' means, 
 with respect to a person, the classification of the person as 
 male or female at birth.
 ``

    (4) Female genital mutilation.--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--
 ``
        (A) a clitoridectomy or the partial or total 
 removal of the clitoris or the prepuce or clitoral 
 hood;
 ``
        (B) excision or the partial or total removal 
 (with or without excision of the clitoris) of the labia 
 minora or the labia majora, or both;
 ``
            (C) infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal 
 opening (with or without excision of the clitoris); or
 ``
            (D) other procedures that are harmful to the 
 external female genitalia, including pricking, 
 incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area.
 ``

    (5) Minor.--The term `minor' means any person under the 
 age of eighteen years.
 ``

    (6) Male.--The term `male' means a person who naturally 
 has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital 
 anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or unintentional 
 disruption, the reproductive system that at some point 
 produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
 ``

    (7) Female.--The term `female' means a person who 
 naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a 
 congenital anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or 
 unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some 
 point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for 
 fertilization.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 7 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related 
to 

section 116 and inserting the following:

``116. Genital and bodily mutilation of a minor; chemical castration of 
 a minor.''.
 Union Calendar No. 265

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 3492

 [Report No. 119-311]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend 

section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
 genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors.

_______________________________________________________________________

 September 26, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed