I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2518 
To implement certain measures to increase the effectiveness of international 
child abduction remedies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. MITCHELL, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. GENE GREEN 
of Texas, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. 
HILL, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KIND, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. HODES, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To implement certain measures to increase the effectiveness 
of international child abduction remedies, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bring Our Children 
Home Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSIST-
ANCE ACT. 
Section 403(1) of the Missing Children’s Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5772(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by striking ‘‘whose whereabouts are unknown to 
such individual’s legal custodian if’’, 
(2) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)— 
(A) by redesignating such subparagraphs 
as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and 
(B) by indenting the left margin of such 
subparagraphs 2 ems to the right, 
(3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(A) whose whereabouts is unknown to 
such individual’s legal custodian if—’’, and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) whose whereabouts is known to such 
individual’s legal custodian from whose control 
such child— 
‘‘(i) was removed in violation of law; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) is believed by such custodian to 
have been taken out of the United States 
without the consent of such custodian by, 
or for the benefit of, an individual who 
may possibly claim custodial rights with re-
spect to such child;’’. 
SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCIES TO LOCATE ALIEN CHIL-
DREN MISSING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Attorney General shall make available to State 
and local law enforcement agencies, information describing 
the methods and procedures available to them to institute 
or assist an investigative search for an alien child who is 
believed to be in the United States and who is the subject 
of— 
(1) an application under the Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child 
Abduction, or 
(2) an Interpol yellow notice. 
SEC. 4. STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) a statement specifying whether the 
child is believed to have been taken outside of 
the United States;’’. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION REMEDIES ACT. 
(a) LEGAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 
AND TRAINING.—Section 7 of the International Child Ab-
duction Remedies Act (42 U.S.C. 11606) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF PARENTAL 
KIDNAPPING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING
TO
LEGAL
SERVICES
PRO-
VIDERS.—The United States Central Authority shall 
establish a program to provide funding to legal serv-
ices providers, including private attorneys, public of-
ficials acting pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody 
Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, legal aid pro-
grams, and law school clinical programs, to provide 
direct legal or advocacy services on behalf of persons 
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