(1) LIMITATION
ON
SHARING
INFORMATION 
ABOUT
FOREIGN
NATIONAL
CLIENTS.—An inter-
national marriage broker shall not provide any 
United States client or other person with the per-
sonal contact information of any foreign national cli-
ent or other individual 18 years of age or older un-
less and until the international marriage broker 
has— 
(A) collected certain background informa-
tion from the United States client or other per-
son to whom the personal contact information 
would be provided, as specified in subsection 
(c); 
(B) provided a copy of that background in-
formation to the foreign national client or other 
individual in the primary language of that client 
or individual; 
(C) provided to the foreign national client 
or other individual in such primary language 
certain information about legal rights and re-
sources available to immigrant victims of do-
mestic violence and other crimes in the United 
States, developed under section 3; 
(D) received from the foreign national cli-
ent or other individual in such primary lan-
guage a signed, written consent to release such 
personal contact information to the specific 
United States client or other person to whom 
the personal contact information would be pro-
vided; and 
(E) informed the United States client or 
other person from whom background informa-
tion has been collected that, after filing a peti-
tion for a K nonimmigrant visa, the United 
States client or other person will be subject to 
a criminal background check. 
(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—In fulfilling its obliga-
tions under this subsection, an international mar-
riage broker shall not disclose the name or locational 
information of individuals who were granted a re-
straining or protection order as described in sub-
paragraph (A) of subsection (c)(2), or of any other 
victims of crimes as described in subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) of such subsection, but shall disclose 
the relationship of the United States client or other 
person to such individuals or victims. 
(c) OBLIGATIONS
OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE 
BROKER WITH RESPECT TO MANDATORY COLLECTION 
OF INFORMATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each international marriage 
broker shall collect the background information list-
ed in paragraph (2) from each United States client 
or other person to whom the personal contact infor-
mation of a foreign national client or any other indi-
vidual would be provided. The background informa-
tion must be in writing and signed (which may be 
in electronic form, such as an electronic signature) 
by the United States client or other person to whom 
the personal contact information of a foreign na-
tional client or any other individual would be pro-
vided. 
(2) BACKGROUND
INFORMATION.—The back-
ground information required to be collected with re-
spect to a United States client or other person under 
paragraph (1) includes information about each of 
the following: 
(A) Any court order restricting the client’s 
or person’s physical or other contact with, be-
havior towards, or communication with another 
person, including any temporary or permanent 
civil restraining order or protection order. 
(B) Any arrest or conviction of the client 
or person for homicide, murder, manslaughter, 
assault, battery, domestic violence, rape, sexual
assault, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploi-
tation, incest, child abuse or neglect, torture, 
trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involun-
tary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduc-
tion, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprison-
ment, stalking, or any similar activity in viola-
tion of Federal, State, or local criminal law. 
(C) Any arrest or conviction of the client 
or person for solely, principally, or incidentally 
engaging in prostitution; or for any direct or in-
direct attempts to procure prostitutes or per-
sons for the purpose of prostitution; or any re-
ceiving, in whole or in part, of the proceeds of 
prostitution. 
(D) Any arrest or conviction of the client 
or person for offenses related to controlled sub-
stances or alcohol. 
(E) Marital history of the client or person, 
including if the client or individual is currently 
married, if the client or person has previously 
been married and how many times, how pre-
vious marriages of the client or person were ter-
minated and the date of termination, and if the 
client or person has previously sponsored an
alien to whom the client or person was engaged 
or married. 
(F) The ages of any of the client’s or per-
son’s children under the age of 18. 
(G) All States in which the client or person 
has resided since the age of 18. 
(d) PENALTIES.— 
(1) FEDERAL CIVIL PENALTY.— 
(A) VIOLATION.—An international mar-
riage broker that violates subsection (a), (b), or 
(c) is subject to a civil penalty of not less than 
$20,000 for each such violation. 
(B) PROCEDURES
FOR
IMPOSITION
OF 
PENALTY.—A penalty may be imposed under 
paragraph (A) by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security only after notice and an opportunity 
for an agency hearing on the record in accord-
ance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) FEDERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY.—An inter-
national marriage broker that, within the special 
maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
States, violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall be 
fined in accordance with title 18, United States
Code, or imprisoned for not less than 1 year and not 
more than 5 years, or both. 
(3) STATE
ENFORCEMENT.—In any case in 
which the Attorney General of a State has reason to 
believe that an interest of the residents of that State 
has been, or is threatened to be, adversely affected 
by a violation by an international marriage broker of 
subsection (a), (b), or (c), the State, as parens 
patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of the 
residents of the State in a district court of the 
United States with appropriate jurisdiction to— 
(A) enjoin that practice; 
(B) enforce compliance with this section; 
or 
(C) obtain damages. 
(4) ADDITIONAL REMEDIES.—The penalties and 
remedies under this subsection are in addition to 
any other penalties or remedies available under law. 
(e) NONPREEMPTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
preempt— 
(1) any State law that provides additional pro-
tections for aliens who are utilizing the services of 
an international marriage broker or other inter-
national matchmaking organization; or
(2) any other or further right or remedy avail-
able under law to any party utilizing the services of 
an international marriage broker or other inter-
national matchmaking organization. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 
(1) 
UNITED
STATES
CLIENT.—The 
term 
‘‘United States client’’ means a United States cit-
izen or other individual who resides in the United 
States and who makes a payment or incurs a debt 
in order to utilize the services of an international 
marriage broker. 
(2) CRIME OF VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘crime of 
violence’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
16 of title 18, United States Code. 
(3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘domestic 
violence’’ means any crime of violence, or other act 
forming the basis for past or outstanding protective 
orders, restraining orders, no-contact orders, convic-
tions, arrests, or police reports, committed against a 
person by— 
(A) a current or former spouse of the per-
son; 
(B) an individual with whom the person 
shares a child in common;
(C) an individual who is cohabiting with or 
has cohabited with the person; 
(D) an individual similarly situated to a 
spouse of the person under the domestic or 
family violence laws of the jurisdiction where 
the offense occurs; or 
(E) any other individual if the person is 
protected from that individual’s acts under the 
domestic or family violence laws of the United 
States or any State, Indian tribal government, 
or unit of local government. 
(4) K NONIMMIGRANT
VISA.—The term ‘‘K 
nonimmigrant visa’’ means a nonimmigrant visa 
under clause (i) or (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(K) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(K)). 
(5) FOREIGN
NATIONAL
CLIENT.—The term 
‘‘foreign national client’’ means a person who is not 
a United States citizen or national or an alien law-
fully admitted to the United States for permanent 
residence and who utilizes the services of an inter-
national marriage broker, and includes an alien re-
siding in the United States who is in the United 
States as a result of utilizing the services of an 
international marriage broker.
(6) INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘inter-
national marriage broker’’ means a corporation, 
partnership, business, individual, or other legal 
entity, whether or not organized under any law 
of the United States, that charges fees for pro-
viding dating, matrimonial, matching services, 
or social referrals between United States citi-
zens or nationals or aliens lawfully admitted to 
the United States as permanent residents and 
foreign national clients by providing personal 
contact information or otherwise facilitating 
communication between individuals. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term does not in-
clude— 
(i) a traditional matchmaking organi-
zation of a cultural or religious nature that 
operates on a nonprofit basis and other-
wise operates in compliance with the laws 
of the countries in which it operates, in-
cluding the laws of the United States; or 
(ii) an entity that provides dating 
services between United States citizens or 
residents and other individuals who may be 
aliens, but does not do so as its principal
business, and charges comparable rates to 
all individuals it serves regardless of the 
gender or country of citizenship or resi-
dence of the individual. 
(7) PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘personal 
contact information’’ means information or a 
forum that would permit individuals to contact 
each other and includes— 
(i) the name, telephone number, post-
al address, electronic mail address, or voice 
message mailbox of an individual; or 
(ii) the provision of an opportunity for 
an in-person meeting. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude a photograph or general information 
about the background or interests of a person. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and American Samoa. 
(g) REPEAL OF MAIL-ORDER BRIDE PROVISION.— 
Section 652 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 
104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1375) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS AND RE-
SOURCES FOR IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of State and the 
Department of Homeland Security shall ensure the con-
sistency and accuracy of information disseminated— 
(1) to foreign national clients or other individ-
uals by international marriage brokers pursuant to 
section 2(b)(1)(C); and 
(2) to beneficiaries of petitions filed by United 
States citizens for K nonimmigrant visas. 
Such departments shall develop the pamphlet working in 
consultation with non-profit, non-governmental immigrant 
victim advocacy organizations with expertise on the legal 
rights of immigrant victims of battery, extreme cruelty, 
sexual assault and other crimes. 
(b) INFORMATION
PAMPHLET.—The information 
pamphlet required to be developed under subsection (a) 
shall include information on the following: 
(1) The K nonimmigrant visa application proc-
ess and the marriage-based immigration process, in-
cluding conditional residence and adjustment of sta-
tus. 
(2) The requirement that international mar-
riage brokers provide foreign national clients with 
background information collected from United
States clients regarding their marital history and do-
mestic violence or other violent criminal history, but 
that such information may not be complete or accu-
rate. 
(3) The illegality of domestic violence, sexual 
assault, and child abuse in the United States. 
(4) Information on the dynamics of domestic vi-
olence. 
(5) Domestic violence and sexual assault serv-
ices in the United States, including the National Do-
mestic Violence Hotline and the National Sexual As-
sault Hotline. 
(6) Immigration relief available to immigrant 
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, traf-
ficking and other crimes under the Violence Against 
Women Act, section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)), 
and section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)). 
(7) The legal rights of immigrant victims of 
abuse and other crimes in immigration, criminal jus-
tice, family law and other matters. 
(8) The obligations of parents to provide child 
support for children.
(9) Notice that knowingly entering into mar-
riage for the purpose of evading the immigration 
laws of the United States constitutes the crime of 
marriage fraud and carries serious penalties. 
(c) TRANSLATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to best serve the 
language groups most recruited by international 
marriage brokers and having the greatest concentra-
tion of K nonimmigrant visa applicants, the informa-
tion pamphlet under this section shall, subject to 
paragraph (2), be translated by the Department of 
State and the Department of Homeland Security 
into the following languages: Russian, Spanish, Ta-
galog, Vietnamese, Chinese, Ukrainian, Thai, Ko-
rean, Polish, Japanese, French, Arabic, Portuguese, 
and Hindi. 
(2) REVISION.—The specific languages to which 
the information pamphlet is translated are subject to 
change as a result of the report made under section 
8. 
(d) AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION.—The infor-
mation pamphlet under this subsection shall be made 
available and distributed as follows: 
(1) TO
INTERNATIONAL
MARRIAGE
BROKERS 
AND VICTIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS.—It shall be
made available to any international marriage broker 
and to any governmental and non-governmental vic-
tim advocacy organization. 
(2) TO
K
NONIMMIGRANT
VISA
APPLICANTS; 
POSTING ON NVC WEBSITE.—It shall be mailed by 
the National Visa Center to each applicant for a K 
nonimmigrant visa at the same time that Form DS– 
3032 is mailed to such applicant. The pamphlet so 
mailed shall be in the primary language of the appli-
cant, or in English if no translation into the appli-
cant’s primary language is available. The pamphlet 
shall also be posted on the National Visa Center 
website as well as on the websites of all consular 
posts processing K nonimmigrant visa applications. 
In addition, the pamphlet shall be distributed di-
rectly to such applicants at all consular interviews 
for K nonimmigrant visas. If no written translation 
into the applicant’s primary language is available, 
the consular officer conducting the visa interview 
shall review the pamphlet with the applicant orally 
in the applicant’s primary language, in addition to 
distributing the pamphlet to the applicant in 
English.
SEC. 4. CHANGES IN PROCESSING K NONIMMIGRANT VISAS; 
CONSULAR CONFIDENTIALITY. 
(a) K NONIMMIGRANT VISA PROCESSING.—Section 
214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’ each place it 
appears; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A visa’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) A United States citizen may not file a petition 
under paragraph (1) if there is such a petition filed by 
that petitioner for another alien fiance´(e) that is pending 
or that has been approved and is still valid. 
‘‘(3) The Department of Homeland Security shall 
provide to the Department of State criminal background 
information on the petitioner for a visa under clause (i) 
or (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(K) to which it has access 
under existing authority in the course of adjudicating the 
petition. 
‘‘(4) Each petitioner for a visa under clause (i) or 
(ii) of section 101(a)(15)(K) shall provide, as part of the 
petition and in writing and signed under penalty of per-
jury, information described in section 2(c)(2) of the Inter-
national Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005.
‘‘(5) The Secretary of State shall provide that an ap-
plicant for a visa under clause (i) or (ii) of section 
101(a)(15)(K)— 
‘‘(A) shall be provided, by mail— 
‘‘(i) a copy of the petition for such visa 
submitted by the United States citizen peti-
tioner; and 
‘‘(ii) any information that is contained in 
the background check described in paragraph 
(3) relating to any court orders, arrests, or con-
victions described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) of section 2(c)(2) of the International Mar-
riage Broker Regulation Act of 2005; 
‘‘(B) shall be informed that petitioner informa-
tion described in subparagraph (A) is based on avail-
able records and may not be complete; and 
‘‘(C) shall be asked in the primary language of 
the visa applicant whether an international marriage 
broker has facilitated the relationship between the 
visa applicant and the United States petitioner and 
whether that international marriage broker complied 
with the requirements of section 2 of such Act. 
The Secretary also shall provide for the disclosure of such 
information to the visa applicant at the consular interview 
in the primary language of the visa applicant.
‘‘(6) The fact that an alien described in clause (i) 
or (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(K) is aware of any informa-
tion disclosed under paragraph (5) shall not be used 
against the alien in any determination of eligibility for re-
lief under this Act or the Violence Against Women Act. 
‘‘(7) In fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 
(5)(A)(ii), a consular officer shall not disclose the name 
or locational information of any person who was granted 
a restraining or protective order against the petitioner, but 
shall disclose the relationship of the person to the peti-
tioner.’’. 
(b) SHARING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—Section 
222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1202(f)) shall not be construed to prevent the sharing of 
information under section 214(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(d)). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to petitions filed after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
through the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services, shall conduct a study— 
(1) regarding the number of international mar-
riage brokers doing business in the United States
and the number of marriages resulting from the 
services provided, and the extent of compliance with 
the applicable requirements of this Act; 
(2) that assesses information gathered under 
this Act from clients and petitioners by international 
marriage brokers and the U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services; 
(3) that examines, based on the information 
gathered, the extent to which persons with a history 
of violence are using the services of international 
marriage brokers and the extent to which such per-
sons are providing accurate information to inter-
national marriage brokers in accordance with section 
2; 
(4) that assesses the accuracy of the criminal 
background check at identifying past instances of 
domestic violence; and 
(5) that assesses the extent to which the lan-
guages of translation required under section 3(c)(1) 
continue to accurately reflect the highest markets 
for recruitment by international marriage brokers 
and the greatest concentrations of K nonimmigrant 
visa applicants. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives setting forth the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), section 2 and the amendments made by section 4 shall 
take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) ADDITIONAL TIME ALLOWED FOR INFORMATION 
PAMPHLET.—The requirement of sections 2(b)(1)(C), and 
section 3 insofar as it relates to such requirement, shall 
first take effect on the date that is 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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