(Detroit News) Efforts to revise the federal law prohibiting female genital cutting had been stalled in the U.S. House, but leaders appear poised to take up the issue this fall.
Republican lawmakers have pushed legislation to restore the law after a ruling by a federal judge in Michigan declared the statute unconstitutional last year.
House Democrats are now working on a similar bill after their bid to intervene in the underlying Michigan case fizzled last month, leading to renewed movement on the legislative front in Congress.
“We’re very motivated and very interested in seeing the legislation get through committee and be brought to the floor,” said U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, who introduced an anti-cutting bill in June.
