V 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6257 
For the relief of Judge Neringa Venckiene, who the Government of Lithuania 
seeks on charges related to her pursuit of justice against Lithuanian 
public officials accused of sexually molesting her young niece. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2018 
Mr. HULTGREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Judge Neringa Venckiene, who the Govern-
ment of Lithuania seeks on charges related to her pur-
suit of justice against Lithuanian public officials accused 
of sexually molesting her young niece. 
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 ‘‘Give Judge Venckiene 
Her Day in Court Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Judge Neringa Venckiene fled to the United 
States in 2013 and requested political asylum after 
a 5-year battle in Lithuania to secure justice for her 
4-year-old niece, Deimante Kedyte, who reported 
that she was being sexually molested by Lithuanian 
government officials while in her mother’s care. 
(2) Deimante Kedyte’s claims of sexual moles-
tation were evaluated by court-ordered psychologists 
and psychiatrists and deemed to be credible. 
(3) Deimante Kedyte accused of sexual molesta-
tion an assistant to the Speaker of the Parliament 
and a sitting judge, both associates of her mother. 
(4) Judge Venckiene and Deimante Kedyte’s fa-
ther petitioned law enforcement and the courts for 
full investigation of Deimante’s claims against the 
accused individuals, but believed the ensuing inves-
tigation to be negligent. 
(5) Lithuania’s parliament (Legal and Judici-
ary Committees) issued a report in 2010 that 
deemed the investigation into Deimante Kedyte’s 
sexual molestation accusations to be negligent and 
found that the negligence had compromised the case 
against the public officials. 
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(6) After Deimante Kedyte’s father went miss-
ing in 2009, Judge Venckiene was awarded guard-
ianship of Deimante. 
(7) Deimante Kedyte’s mother was never in-
dicted for complicity in the sexual molestation de-
spite a Vilnius District 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 completely disappeared from pub-
lic view for the last 6 years. 
(12) The Lithuanian Government’s action re-
sulted in protests against the Lithuanian Govern-
ment in Lithuania and at numerous Lithuanian em-
bassies around the world, as well as in the United 
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States when the Lithuanian President 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 gov-
ernment officials. 
(14) ‘‘Way of Courage’’ became the name of a 
new, anti-corruption, anti-pedophilia political party 
in Lithuania, which elected Judge Venckiene to 
Lithuania’s parliament in 2012. 
(15) Judge Venckiene sought political asylum in 
the United States in 2013 after she received threats 
and experienced what she believed was an attempt 
on her life following a political rally, and after the 
Lithuanian 
Government 
moved 
to 
lift 
Judge 
Venckiene’s parliamentary immunity. 
(16) The Lithuanian Government has system-
atically prosecuted for ‘‘false statements’’ and other 
crimes the journalists, a medical professional, 
Deimante Kedyte’s grandparents, Judge Venckiene’s 
neighbor, people who attended rallies on her behalf, 
and many others who came forward with evidence or 
support of Deimante Kedyte’s claims of sexual mo-
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