I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6095 
To implement certain measures to increase the effectiveness of international 
child abduction remedies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2008 
Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 
and Mr. POE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To implement certain measures to increase the effectiveness 
of international child abduction remedies, 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 and Pa-
rental Child Abduction Remedies Assistance Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCIES TO LOCATE ALIEN CHIL-
DREN MISSING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Attorney General shall make available to State 
and local law enforcement agencies, information describing 
the methods and procedures available to them to institute 
or assist an investigative search for an alien child who is 
believed to be in the United States and who is the subject 
of— 
(1) an application under the Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child 
Abduction, or 
(2) an Interpol yellow notice. 
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
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‘‘(D) a statement specifying whether the 
child is believed to have been taken outside of 
the United States;’’. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION REMEDIES ACT. 
(a) LEGAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 
AND TRAINING.—Section 7 of the International Child Ab-
duction Remedies Act (42 U.S.C. 11606) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF PARENTAL 
KIDNAPPING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING
TO
LEGAL
SERVICES
PRO-
VIDERS.—The United States Central Authority shall 
establish a program to provide funding to legal serv-
ices providers, including private attorneys, public of-
ficials acting pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody 
Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, legal aid pro-
grams, and law school clinical programs, to provide 
direct legal or advocacy services on behalf of persons 
seeking remedies under the Convention, or other 
civil or criminal remedies in interstate or inter-
national parental kidnapping cases. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
The United States Central Authority, directly or 
through grants, shall provide training and technical 
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assistance to recipients of funds under paragraph 
(1) to improve their capacity to offer legal assistance 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The United States 
Central Authority shall encourage the Chief Justice of 
every State and the District of Columbia to designate a 
single court, or a limited number of courts, in which cases 
brought under the Convention may be heard. The United 
States Central Authority may provide technical assistance 
(including computers and Internet access) as necessary to 
foster consolidation of jurisdiction and implementation of 
the Convention, consistent with the purposes of the Con-
vention. 
‘‘(i) TRAINING.—The United States Central Author-
ity shall provide or promote training of State court judges, 
lawyers, and law students on the civil and criminal laws 
pertaining to interstate and international parental kidnap-
ping. To carry out this subsection, the United States Cen-
tral Authority may make available funds under subsection 
(e) to State judicial educators, national, State, and local 
bar associations, and law schools. The United States Cen-
tral Authority shall require recipients of such funds to re-
port on the training programs they present, including the 
number of participants.’’. 
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(b) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.—The Legal 
Services Corporation may use funds made available to the 
Corporation for programs to represent aliens in pro-
ceedings brought in the United States under the Conven-
tion— 
(1) if the individuals to whom the representa-
tion is provided otherwise meet the criteria of the 
Corporation for eligible clients under the Legal Serv-
ices Corporation Act; and 
(2) whether or not such individuals are resident 
in the United States. 
(c) COURT COSTS.—Section 8(b) of the International 
Child Abduction Remedies Act (42 U.S.C. 11607(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) COSTS INCURRED IN CIVIL ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS BY CEN-
TRAL AUTHORITY.—The Central Authority shall 
establish a program under which it provides, di-
rectly to the court or to petitioners and re-
spondents, the funds necessary to pay the court 
costs of petitioners and respondents in actions 
brought under section 4, including court fees 
and the cost of translation services, expert wit-
ness testimony, and transcription services. 
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‘‘(2) COSTS
OF
LEGAL
COUNSEL
AND 
TRAVEL.—Petitioners may be required to bear 
the costs of legal counsel or advisors and travel 
costs for the return of the child involved and 
any accompanying persons, except as provided 
in paragraphs (3) and (4). 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS FROM OTHER SOURCES.— 
Subject to paragraph (4), legal fees incurred in 
connection with an action brought under section 
4 shall be borne by the petitioner unless they 
are covered by payments from Federal, State, 
or local legal assistance or other programs. 
‘‘(4) COSTS BORNE BY PETITIONER.—Any 
court ordering the return of a child pursuant to 
an action brought under section 4 shall order 
the respondent to pay necessary expenses in-
curred by or on behalf of the petitioner (other 
than court costs for which the Central Author-
ity pays under paragraph (1)), including legal 
fees, foster home or other care during the 
course of proceedings in the action, and trans-
portation costs related to the return of the 
child, unless the respondent establishes that 
such order would be clearly inappropriate.’’. 
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(d) FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER.—Section 620 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.—The Center shall include in its continuing edu-
cation and training programs under subsection (b)(3), in-
cluding the training programs for newly appointed judges, 
information on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects 
of International Child Abduction, the International Child 
Abduction Remedies Act, the International Parental Kid-
napping Crime Act of 1993, and other Federal statutes 
pertaining to parental kidnapping within the jurisdiction 
of the Federal courts, and shall prepare materials nec-
essary to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND 
PROSECUTION OF PARENTAL KIDNAPPING. 
In addition to funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated for the activities described in this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Child Exploi-
tation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 such sums 
as may be necessary for the investigation and prosecution 
of violations of section 1204 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
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SEC. 6. GRANTS FOR TRAVEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE SAFE RETURN OF ABDUCTED CHILDREN. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the 
Office of Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice 
shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, estab-
lish a Victim Travel in International Reunification Cases 
program to award grants to the National Center for Miss-
ing & Exploited Children to reimburse parents, guardians, 
law enforcement, and other individuals, as appropriate, for 
travel costs related to the safe return of children from the 
United States who have been abducted and taken to for-
eign countries. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Travel costs under sub-
section (a) that are reimbursed using funds under this sec-
tion may include airfare and daily subsistence costs, in-
cluding lodging, meals, and ground transportation. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$250,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
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