S 167 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Child Custody Protection Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor John Ensign R-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child 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.

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.

Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on anyone who has committed an act of incest with a minor and knowingly transports such minor across a state line to obtain an abortion.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to May 5, 2011, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NEBen NelsonOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissJan 26, 2011
R-MSThad CochranJan 26, 2011
R-OKJames M. InhofeMay 5, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate

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