Bring Our Children Home Act
Latest action · Jul 24, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bring Our Children Home Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the definition of "missing child."
Requires the Attorney General to provide state and local law enforcement agencies with information for locating a child from a foreign country who has been abducted and is believed to be in the United States.
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require state missing children reports to include a statement specifying whether a missing child is believed to have been taken outside of the United States.
Amends the International Child Abduction Remedies Act to provide funding for legal and technical assistance and training relating to international child abduction.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the efforts of foreign countries to prohibit international child abduction.
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to Congress on the cooperation of domestic and foreign airlines with the investigation of international child abduction cases.
Authorizes additional funds for the investigation and prosecution of international parental kidnapping and for the extradition of individuals from foreign countries to the United States for violations of child abduction laws.
Establishes a grant program to reimburse travel costs related to the return of abducted children to the United States.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2007 to Aug 1, 2007; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | May 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Aug 1, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2007 | |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2007 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2007 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 24, 2007 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred May 25, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Jun 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Jun 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- May 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in House
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5745 | To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act. | Related bill | Apr 9, 2008 |
| HR 6095 | International and Parental Child Abduction Remedies Assistance Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To implement certain measures to increase the effectiveness of international child abduction remedies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bring Our Children Home Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Airlines
- Aliens
- Americans in foreign countries
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Custody of children
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Extradition
- Families
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Kidnapping
- Law
- Legal aid
- Legal education
- Legal fees
- Missing children
- Negotiations
- Prosecution
- Repatriation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Treaties
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in House
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