International Parental Kidnapping Grandparents' Right Act of 2000

International Parental Kidnapping Grandparents' Rights Act of 2000 - Amends the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 to expand coverage of the Act to include removal of, or retaining, a child (who has been in the United States) outside the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of grandparental rights. Defines "grandparental rights" to mean, with respect to a child, visiting rights granted to a grandparent, whether arising by operation of law, court order, or legally binding agreement of the parties.

Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant acted within (current law) and is in compliance with the provisions of a valid court order granting the defendant legal custody or visitation rights that was obtained pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2710 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2710

      To recognize the rights of grandparents in cases involving 
                   international parental kidnapping.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2000

Mr. Thompson (for himself and Mr. Frist) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To recognize the rights of grandparents in cases involving 
                   international parental kidnapping.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Parental Kidnapping 
Grandparents' Rights Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PARENTAL KIDNAPPING LAW.

    Section 1204 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ``parental 
        rights'' the following: ``or grandparental rights'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 
                following:
            ``(2) the term `grandparental rights' with respect to a 
        child, means visiting rights granted to a grandparent, whether 
        arising by operation of law, court order, or legally binding 
        agreement of the parties; and''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking beginning with ``and 
        was in effect'' through the period and inserting ``and the 
        defendant is in compliance with that order.''.
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