Denouncing Female Genital Mutilation (H.RES.32)

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.

Sponsor: Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)

Introduced: House: 1/05/2007

Status/Last Major Action:
House: 10/9/2007- On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378-0 (Roll no. 949). (text: CR H11353-11354).
10/9/2007- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
1/05/2007 - Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign
4/17/2007 - Referred to House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, & Oversight.

Cosponsors: None

House: 44
Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. (GU), Rep. Brown, Corrine (FL-3), Rep. Burton, Dan (IN-5), Rep. Christensen, Donna M. (VI), Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. (NY-11), Rep. Cohen, Steve (TN-9), Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. (MD-7), Rep. Davis, Danny K. (IL-7), Rep. Engel, Eliot L. (NY-17), Rep. Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. (AS), Rep. Fattah, Chaka (PA-2), Rep. Green, Al (TX-9), Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. (IL-4), Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben (TX-15), Rep. Honda, Michael M. (CA-15), Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX-30), Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. (MI-13), Rep. Klein, Ron (FL-22), Rep. Lampson, Nick (TX-22), Rep. Lee, Barbara (CA-9), Rep. Lewis, John (GA-5), Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. (NY-14), Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn (NY-4), Rep. McCollum, Betty (MN-4), Rep. McGovern, James P. (MA-3), Rep. McNulty, Michael R. (NY-21), Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. (NY-6), Rep. Miller, Brad (NC-13), Rep. Miller, George (CA-7), Rep. Moore, Gwen (WI-4), Rep. Moran, Jerry (KS-1), Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC), Rep. Payne, Donald M. (NJ-10), Rep. Rangel, Charles B. (NY-15), Rep. Rothman, Steven R. (NJ-9), Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (IL-9), Rep. Scott, David (GA-13), Rep. Sherman, Brad (CA-27), Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete (CA-13), Rep. Sutton, Betty (OH-13), Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. (CA-10), Rep. Watson, Diane E. (CA-33), Rep. Wexler, Robert (FL-19), Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. (CA-6)