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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4327 
To authorize the Secretary of State to deny a passport to a noncustodial 
parent who is the subject of an outstanding State warrant of arrest 
for nonpayment of child support and to deny a passport to a custodial 
parent who is likely to remove a child from the United States to prevent 
contact permitted between the child and the noncustodial parent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of State to deny a passport 
to a noncustodial parent who is the subject of an out-
standing State warrant of arrest for nonpayment of child 
support and to deny a passport to a custodial parent 
who is likely to remove a child from the United States 
to prevent contact permitted between the child and the 
noncustodial parent. 
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 ‘‘No Child Support, No 
Passport Act’’.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO NONCUSTODIAL PAR-
ENTS SUBJECT TO STATE ARREST WARRANTS 
IN CASES OF NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUP-
PORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of State is authorized to refuse 
a passport, or to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport, in 
any case in which such Secretary determines or is in-
formed by competent authority that the applicant or pass-
port holder is a noncustodial parent who is the subject 
of an outstanding warrant of arrest for nonpayment of 
child support, where the amount in controversy is not less 
than $5,000. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Any court having jurisdiction 
over a case in which there is issued a warrant of arrest 
described in subsection (a) may notify the Secretary of 
State if the court has reason to believe that the noncusto-
dial parent may use a passport issued by such Secretary 
to evade arrest on such warrant or to remove from the 
United States the child for whom support is alleged to 
be owed.
SEC. 3. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS 
WHO ARE LIKELY TO REMOVE A CHILD FROM 
THE UNITED STATES TO PREVENT CONTACT 
PERMITTED BETWEEN THE CHILD AND THE 
NONCUSTODIAL PARENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of State is authorized to refuse 
a passport, or to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport, in 
any case in which such Secretary determines or is in-
formed by competent authority that the applicant or pass-
port holder is a custodial parent who is reasonably likely 
to remove the child from the United States for the purpose 
of preventing contact permitted between the child and the 
noncustodial parent. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Any court having jurisdiction 
over a case involving custody of a child may notify the 
Secretary of State if the court finds that there is a reason-
able probability that a custodial parent may use a passport 
issued by such Secretary to remove the child from the 
United States for the purpose of preventing contact per-
mitted between the child and the noncustodial parent. 
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