I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6242 
To render inadmissible to the United States aliens who have been convicted 
of a sex offense against a minor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. CHILDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To render inadmissible to the United States aliens who have 
been convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Child 
Protection Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTING ADMISSION OF ALIENS CONVICTED 
OF SEX OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS. 
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(J) SEX OFFENDERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Any alien con-
victed of, or who admits having committed, 
or who admits committing acts which con-
stitute the essential elements of, a sex of-
fense is inadmissible. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 
of clause (i), the term ‘sex offense’ 
means a criminal offense, including a 
Federal offense, against a minor that 
involves any of the following: 
‘‘(aa) Solicitation to engage 
in sexual conduct. 
‘‘(bb) Use in a sexual per-
formance. 
‘‘(cc) Solicitation to practice 
prostitution (whether for finan-
cial or other forms of remunera-
tion). 
‘‘(dd) Video voyeurism as 
described in section 1801 of title 
18, United States Code. 
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‘‘(ee) Possession, production, 
or distribution of child pornog-
raphy. 
‘‘(ff) Criminal sexual con-
duct involving a minor, or the 
use of the Internet to facilitate or 
attempt such conduct. 
‘‘(gg) Sex trafficking of chil-
dren as described in section 1591 
of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(hh) Transporting a minor 
in interstate or foreign com-
merce, or in any commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the 
United States, with intent that 
the individual engage in prostitu-
tion, or in any sexual activity for 
which any person can be charged 
with a criminal offense. 
‘‘(ii) Any other conduct that 
by its nature is a sex offense 
against a minor. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTIONS.—The term 
‘sex offense’ shall not include the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(aa) A foreign conviction if 
it was not obtained with suffi-
cient safeguards for fundamental 
fairness and due process for the 
accused under guidelines or regu-
lations established under section 
112 of the Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act 
(title I of Public Law 109–248; 
42 U.S.C. 16911). 
‘‘(bb) An offense involving 
consensual sexual conduct if the 
victim was at least 13 years old 
and the offender was not more 
than 4 years older than the vic-
tim. 
‘‘(III) MINOR.—For purposes of 
subclause (I), the term ‘minor’ means 
an individual who has not attained the 
age of 18 years.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Sec-
retary of State should work with law enforcement agencies 
of foreign countries and appropriate international organi-
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zations to establish information reporting mechanisms suf-
ficient to enable the implementation of the amendment 
made by section 2. 
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