HR 3622
101th Congress
House
International Affairs
Custody of children
Parental kidnapping
Passports
Treaties
To require that the parents or legal guardians of a minor consent to the issuance of a passport to that minor.
Introduced: November 8, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations.
Nov 8, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 8, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing a passport to a minor: (1) whose parents or legal guardians have joint legal custody of the minor, unless both parents or legal guardians consent; or (2) who is in the legal custody of only one parent or legal guardian unless such parent or guardian consents, provided that the parent or guardian had previously presented proof of sole legal custody.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage foreign governments to become signatories to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1