HR 2688 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Bring Our Children Home Act

Introduced Jul 31, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Nick Lampson D-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 10, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 31, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Bring Our Children Home Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that a contestant may bring an action in district court to determine which of conflicting State court child custody determinations shall prevail.

Directs the Attorney General (AG) to establish a registry for all custody orders entered by State courts.

Authorizes law enforcement officers of a State or local government to hold, for no more than 24 hours, any child listed as missing for proper disposition under the latest valid custody determination.

Requires the Secretary of State to prepare a report on progress made by the United States in negotiating and entering into bilateral treaties relating to international child abduction with countries that are not contracting parties under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require information on each country's efforts to prohibit international child abduction.

Requires the AG to prepare a report describing the status of each case involving a request for extradition in cases involving international kidnaping by parents.

Cosponsors 105

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2001 to Sep 9, 2002, with 102 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-TNBart GordonOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 31, 2001
D-TNBob ClementOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-WABrian BairdOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-FLCarrie P. MeekOriginalJul 31, 2001
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJul 31, 2001
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJul 31, 2001
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
  2. Jul 31, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Jul 31, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

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