trict Court Ruling in October 2009 that there was enough 
evidence to indict her. 
(8) In December 2011, Judge Venckiene was ordered 
to give Deimante Kedyte, then 7 years old, back to her 
mother, but Deimante refused to return to her mother, 
indicating fear of sexual molestation. 
(9) Hundreds of Lithuanians kept vigil outside Judge 
Venckiene’s house to prevent the Lithuanian Government 
from removing Deimante Kedyte. 
(10) In May 2012, the Lithuanian Government sent 
more than 200 police officers to take Deimante Kedyte 
from Judge Venckiene by force. 
(11) Deimante Kedyte clung to Judge Venckiene, was 
ripped from her, was carried away shrieking, and has com-
pletely disappeared from public view for the last 6 years. 
(12) The Lithuanian Government’s action resulted in 
protests against the Lithuanian Government in Lithuania 
and at numerous Lithuanian embassies around the world, 
as well as in the United States when the Lithuanian Presi-
dent attended the NATO summit in Chicago in May 2012. 
(13) Judge Venckiene published a book entitled ‘‘Way 
of Courage’’ in 2012 about Deimante Kedyte’s ordeal and 
Lithuania’s failure to properly investigate and prosecute 
the case against the government officials. 
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(14) ‘‘Way of Courage’’ became the name of a new, 
anti-corruption, anti-pedophilia political party in Lith-
uania, which elected Judge Venckiene to Lithuania’s par-
liament in 2012. 
(15) Judge Venckiene sought political asylum in the 
United States in 2013 after she received threats and expe-
rienced what she believed was an attempt on her life fol-
lowing a political rally, and after the Lithuanian Govern-
ment moved to lift Judge Venckiene’s parliamentary im-
munity. 
(16) The Lithuanian Government has systematically 
prosecuted for ‘‘false statements’’ and other crimes the 
journalists, a medical professional, Deimante Kedyte’s 
grandparents, Judge Venckiene’s neighbor, people who at-
tended rallies on her behalf, and many others who came 
forward with evidence or support of Deimante Kedyte’s 
claims of sexual molestation or who opposed the violent 
removal of Deimante from Judge Venckiene. 
(17) Lithuania has leveled more than 35 charges 
against Judge Venckiene, including charges for filing peti-
tions on behalf of Deimante Kedyte with Lithuania’s 
courts and the Child’s Rights Ombudsman, making state-
ments critical of the investigation to journalists, describing 
in her book the sexual molestation case against and nam-
ing the public officials, involvement in ‘‘unauthorized pro-
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tests’’, ‘‘humiliating the court’’, desecrating the national 
anthem, conducting her own investigation into the case, 
failing to turn Deimante over to the accused mother, 
bruising an officer, and kicking at Deimante’s mother 
when the mother tried to remove Deimante. 
(18) The extradition treaty signed by the United 
States and the Republic of Lithuania on October 23, 
2001, does not permit for Judge Venckiene to offer 
counter-evidence in United States court to any of Lithua-
nia’s charges against her or to make the case for political 
motivation. 
(19) A United States Magistrate Judge in April 2018 
approved extradition for charges that Judge Venckiene 
hindered the activities of a bailiff, failed to comply with 
a court’s decision not associated with a penalty, caused 
physical pain, and resisted against a civil servant or a per-
son performing the functions of public administration— 
all charges related to Deimante Kedyte being taken from 
Judge Venckiene’s home and returned to the accused 
mother. 
(20) Former political prisoners, as well as current 
and former government officials in Lithuania have written 
to the United States Government, warning that the Lith-
uanian Government’s charges against Judge Venckiene 
are politically motivated. 
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(21) The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Lith-
uania Gintaras Kryzevicius has been reported as publicly 
saying that Judge Venckiene ‘‘is an abscess in the legal 
system and an abscess in the political system’’ and ‘‘the 
trouble of the whole state’’. 
(22) Sweden, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, 
Malta, Ukraine, and Russia have all refused to extradite 
individuals to Lithuania. 
(23) Judge Venckiene can present evidence con-
cerning the political motivation of Lithuania’s charges 
against her before an immigration judge if she is excluded 
from the extradition treaty and allowed to proceed with 
her political asylum case, filed in 2013 and scheduled to 
be heard in July 2019. 
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION FROM EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE 
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, Judge Neringa Venckiene shall be excluded 
from extradition under the Extradition Treaty Between 
the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Lithuania, signed at 
Vilnius on October 23, 2001, and entered into force on 
March 31, 2003 (as amended by the Protocol on the Appli-
cation of the Agreement on Extradition between the 
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United States of America and the European Union to the 
Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic 
of Lithuania, signed at Brussels on June 15, 2005, and 
entered into force on February 1, 2010), and excluded 
from all other laws allowing for her extradition to Lith-
uania. 
(b) POLITICAL ASYLUM.—Judge Neringa Venckiene 
shall be permitted to remain in the United States until 
a final order is issued with respect to her pending applica-
tion for asylum. 
(c) FREE MOVEMENT.—Judge Neringa Venckiene 
shall not be held in Federal or State prison or detention 
for any immigration-related or extradition-related offense 
and shall be allowed free movement and continued work 
permission until a final order is issued with respect to her 
pending application for asylum. 
Æ 
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