Makes it a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to knowingly perform genital or bodily mutilation or chemical castration on a minor, with exceptions for medically necessary care.

• Sets fines and up to 10 years in prison for knowingly performing genital or bodily mutilation, or chemical castration, on anyone under 18 when a federal hook applies, such as interstate travel, interstate communications, or a payment across state lines.
• Covers female genital mutilation, including facilitating it or transporting a minor for it, and states that religion, custom, tradition, or ritual is not a defense.
• Defines covered procedures to include surgeries that change a body to match a sex different from the person's biological sex, such as mastectomy, vaginoplasty, and phalloplasty, and puberty blockers or supraphysiologic hormones given for that purpose.
• Exempts care necessary to the minor's health (excluding mental, behavioral, or emotional distress), certain intersex conditions, infections or injuries from earlier procedures, and precocious puberty, and bars prosecuting the minor who receives the procedure.

• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement