S.Amdt. 332

1. Adds TITLE IX--INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION at the end of division A

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   In S. 600 · Reported to Senate

   (5) an analysis of the expected level of cooperation from countries in West Africa and other appropriate countries in implementing the plan described in paragraph (2).

   Inserted: TITLE IX--INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION

   Inserted: SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

   Inserted: This title may be cited as the "International Parental Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2005".

   Inserted: SEC. 902. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking subclause (III) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(III) is a spouse (other than a spouse who is the parent of the abducted child), son or daughter (other than the abducted child), grandson or granddaughter (other than the abducted child), parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of an alien described in clause (i), or is a spouse of the abducted child described in clause (i), if such person has been designated by the Secretary of State, at the Secretary of State's sole and unreviewable discretion, is inadmissible until the child described in clause (i) is surrendered to the person granted custody by the order described in that clause, and such person and child are permitted to return to the United States or

   Inserted: such person's place of residence, or until the abducted child is 21 years of age (unless the Secretary determines that an abducted child who is 21 years of age or older is unable to travel freely in accordance with such individual's wishes).".

   Inserted: (b) Authority To Cancel Certain Designations; Identification of Aliens Supporting Abductors and Relatives of Abductors; Entry of Abductors and Other Inadmissible Aliens in the Consular Lookout and Support System.--Section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(iv) Authority to cancel certain designations.--The Secretary of State may, at the Secretary of State's sole and unreviewable discretion, at any time, cancel a designation made pursuant to clause (ii)(III).

   Inserted: "(v) Identification of aliens supporting abductors and relatives of abductors.--In all instances in which the Secretary of State knows that an alien has committed an act described in clause (i), the Secretary of State shall take appropriate action to identify the individuals who are potentially inadmissible under clause (ii).

   Inserted: "(vi) Entry of abductors and other inadmissible persons in consular lookout and support system.--In all instances in which the Secretary of State knows that an alien has committed an act described in clause (i), the Secretary of State shall take appropriate action to cause the entry into the Consular Lookout and Support System of the name or names of, and identifying information about, such individual and of any persons identified pursuant to clause (v) as potentially inadmissible under clause (ii).

   Inserted: "(vii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:

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   Inserted: "(I) Child.--The term 'child' means an individual who was a child at the time the individual was detained or retained, or at the time custody of the individual was withheld, as described in clause (i) regardless of marital status.

   Inserted: "(II) Sibling.--The term 'sibling' includes step-siblings and half-siblings.".

   Inserted: (c) Annual Report.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and each February 1 thereafter for 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, an annual report that describes the operation of section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)), as amended by this section, during the prior calendar year to which the report pertains.

   Inserted: (2) Content.--Each annual report submitted in accordance with paragraph (1) shall specify, to the extent that corresponding data is reasonably available, the following:

   Inserted: (A) The number of cases known to the Secretary, disaggregated according to the nationality of the aliens concerned, in which a visa was denied to an applicant on the basis of the inadmissibility of the applicant under section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as so amended) during the reporting period.

   Inserted: (B) The cumulative total number of cases known to the Secretary, disaggregated according to the nationality of the aliens concerned, in which a visa was denied to an applicant on the basis of the inadmissibility of the applicant under section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as so amended) since the beginning of the first reporting period.

   Inserted: (C) The number of cases known to the Secretary, disaggregated according to the nationality of the aliens concerned, in which the name of an alien was placed in the Consular Lookout and Support System on the basis of the inadmissibility of the alien or potential inadmissibility under section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as so amended) during the reporting period.

   Inserted: (D) The cumulative total number of names, disaggregated according to the nationality of the aliens concerned, known to the Secretary to appear in the Consular Lookout and Support System on the basis of the inadmissibility of the alien or potential inadmissibility under section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as so amended) at the end of the reporting period.

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   At the end of division A, insert the following new title:

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