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International Parental Child Abduction Deterrence Act

Introduced: July 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal criminal law, pending the disposition of a case in which a foreign national removes from or retains outside of the United States a child who is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights, to direct: (1) a court to freeze such national's U.S. financial assets (including property); and (2) the Secretary of State to identify such national's foreign-held assets and request that the appropriate countries freeze such assets.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend visa ineligibility for aliens involved in U.S. child abductions to situations in which the child is located in a foreign state that is a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

What's happening now September 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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