H.Res. 106Denouncing female genital mutilation/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.

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Sponsor: Lois Frankel [D-FL-21]
Cosponsors: 29 · 21 Democrats · 8 Republicans
Policy area: International Affairs
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee
Latest action: May 20, 2019 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
Passed the HouseMay 20, 2019

What the measure doesCRS summary

This resolution denounces female genital mutilation and cutting as human rights violations. It also urges the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to incorporate efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation and cutting and calls on the international community to increase efforts to eliminate such practices.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 106 as passed House on May 20, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 219

House May 20, 2019

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Denouncing female genital mutilation/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

Passed · Two-thirds required

393 Yea 0 Nay 38 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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All members431 members

Democratic234 members

Republican197 members

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Cosponsors29 · 21 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Res. 106 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

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H.Res. 106Denouncing female genital mutilation/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.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 219

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

How the chamber split

Cosponsors29 · 21 Democrats · 8 Republicans

H.Res. 106Denouncing female genital mutilation/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.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 219

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

How the chamber split

Cosponsors29 · 21 Democrats · 8 Republicans

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