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Below is a brief history of the
U.S. MGM Bill proposal.
Jan. 7, 2008 -
Bill proposal resubmitted to President Bush and
all 540 members of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 8, 2007 -
Bill proposal resubmitted to President Bush and
all 540 members of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 6, 2006 -
Bill proposal resubmitted to President Bush and
all 540 members of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Mar. 14, 2005 - U.S. Rep.
Virgil Goode (R-VA) indicates his support of
legislation to end male genital mutilation.
Feb. 28, 2005 - Bill proposal
resubmitted to
President Bush and all 540 members of Congress
in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 28, 2005 - Clarified adult consent
language and added "clear, compelling, and
immediate medical need with no less-destructive
alternative treatment available" to exception
clauses in
Section 2(A).
Feb.
23, 2004 - Bill proposal
submitted to all
540 members of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 9 ,
2004 - Added a list of
presidential activities to
Section 3(B). This language is modeled
after the female genital mutilation provision
of the vetoed American Overseas Interest Bill of
1995 (PDF,
HR-1561, Title XXVII, Section 2715 of the 104th
Congress, 1st session).
Jan. 18, 2004 - Added "or on any
nonconsenting adult" to
Section 2(A) to provide specific
protection from genital mutilation to adults who
have not given their consent to circumcision;
added definitions for "prepuce", "adult", and
"nonconsenting" to
Section 3(C).
Dec. 8,
2003 - Added "breasts",
"nipples, and "vulva" to the list of protected
body parts in
Section 2(A)
and Section
3(C); replaced
"whoever prematurely and forcibly retracts the
foreskin of another person who has not attained
the age of 18 years" with "whoever prematurely
and forcibly retracts the penile or
clitoral prepuce of another person who has not
attained the age of 18 years, except to the
extent that the prepuce has already separated
from the glans" to
Section 2(A);
added definition of premature forcible
retraction to
Section 3(C).
Dec. 3,
2003 - Bill proposal
posted to
MGMbill.org for public comment.
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