I 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5715
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible to 
the United States the extended family of international child abductors, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2002
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. 
OSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render 
inadmissible to the United States the extended family 
of international child abductors, 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. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL 
CHILD 
ABDUCTORS 
AND 
RELATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by amending subclause (III) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(III) is a spouse (other than the 
spouse who is the parent of the ab-
ducted child), child (other than the 
abducted child), parent, sibling, cous-
in, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or 
grandparent of an alien described in 
clause (i), is an agent of such an 
alien, or is a principal employing such 
an alien as an agent, if such person 
has been designated by the Secretary 
of State at the Secretary’s sole and 
unreviewable discretion; or’’ and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(IV) is a spouse of the abducted 
child described in clause (i), if such 
person has been designated by the 
Secretary of State at the Secretary’s 
sole and unreviewable discretion,
is inadmissible until such child is surren-
dered to the person granted custody by the 
order described in that clause, and such 
custodian and child are permitted to return 
to the United States or such custodian’s 
place of residence.’’. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF ALIENS SUPPORTING AB-
DUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF ABDUCTORS; NOTICE TO 
CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS; ANNUAL REPORT; 
DEFINITIONS.—Section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) IDENTIFICATION
OF
ALIENS 
SUPPORTING ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES 
OF ABDUCTORS.—In all instances in which 
an alien commits an act described in clause 
(i), the Secretary of State shall take appro-
priate action to identify the individuals 
who are inadmissible under clause (ii). 
‘‘(v) NOTICE TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS 
AND
GUARDIANS.—In all instances in 
which an alien commits an act described in 
clause (i), the Secretary of State shall, 
upon request of the person granted custody 
of the child concerned, inform the person
of whether, and when, any individual who 
is inadmissible under clause (ii) by reason 
of such act has been issued a visa or other-
wise authorized to enter the United States. 
‘‘(vi) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State annually shall submit to 
the Committee on International Relations, 
the Committee on Government Reform, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
United States House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
United States Senate, a report that pro-
vides, with respect to the preceding year, 
an accounting of the number of cases 
known 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
State, 
disaggregated according to the nationality 
of the alien concerned—
‘‘(I) in which an authority under 
this subparagraph was exercised (and 
with respect to each such case, the 
specific ground for inadmissibility 
shall be specified); and
‘‘(II) in which an authority under 
this subparagraph has not been exer-
cised but in which an alien, after 
entry of an order by a court in the 
United States granting custody to a 
person of a United States citizen 
child, detained or retained the child, 
or withheld custody of the child, out-
side the United States from the per-
son granted custody by that order. 
‘‘(vii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph—
‘‘(I) the term ‘child’ means an in-
dividual who was a child at the time 
the individual was detained or re-
tained, or at the time custody of the 
individual was withheld, as described 
in clause (i), regardless of the age or 
marital status of the individual after 
such time; and 
‘‘(II) the term ‘sibling’ includes a 
step-sibling or half-sibling.’’.
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