S 8 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Child Custody Protection Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor John Ensign R-NV

Latest action · Jan 24, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

IntroducedJan 24, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor’s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor’s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor.

Protects from prosecution or civil liability the minor or the minor’s parents for violations of this Act.

Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place.

Authorizes any parent who suffers harm from a violation of this Act to seek relief in a civil action. Defines "parent" to include a guardian, legal custodian, or person standing in loco parentis.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2005 to Jul 18, 2006; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-NE	Chuck Hagel	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-NC	Elizabeth Dole	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-VA	George Allen	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-AL	Jeff Sessions	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-KY	Jim Bunning	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-SC	Jim DeMint	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-AZ	Jon Kyl	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-KY	Mitch McConnell	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-PA	Rick Santorum	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-KS	Sam Brownback	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-OK	Tom Coburn	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-TN	William H. Frist	Original	Jan 24, 2005
R-AZ	John McCain		Jan 25, 2005
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Jan 25, 2005
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Jan 26, 2005
R-OH	Mike DeWine		Jan 26, 2005
R-LA	David Vitter		Jan 31, 2005
R-OK	James M. Inhofe		Jan 31, 2005
R-MS	Trent Lott		Feb 10, 2005
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns		Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Mel Martinez		Feb 18, 2005
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith		Feb 28, 2005
R-TX	John Cornyn		Feb 28, 2005
R-MN	Norm Coleman		Feb 28, 2005
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Mar 2, 2005
R-NC	Richard Burr		Mar 2, 2005
R-SD	John Thune		Mar 7, 2005
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Mar 8, 2005
R-MO	Jim Talent		Mar 8, 2005
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison		Mar 8, 2005
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch		Mar 8, 2005
R-AL	Richard C. Shelby		Mar 8, 2005
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Mar 10, 2005
R-VA	John Warner		Apr 5, 2005
R-CO	Wayne Allard		Apr 5, 2005
R-OH	George V. Voinovich		Apr 11, 2005
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Jan 31, 2006
R-TN	Lamar Alexander		Jul 12, 2006
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Jul 13, 2006
R-UT	Robert F. Bennett		Jul 18, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 24, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
Jan 24, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-3	CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT80 pages	Judiciary Committee	Mar 3, 2005

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL31365	Unauthorized Alien Students: Legislation in the 107th and 108th Congresses Archived	Report	Jan 17, 2007

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 396	Child Custody Protection Act	Identical bill	Feb 16, 2005
S 403	Child Custody Protection Act	Identical bill	Sep 29, 2006
HR 748	Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	Related bill	Jul 11, 2005

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Short Titles as Introduced: Child Custody Protection Act
Popular Titles: Abortion bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate

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