3.0.0 4203 2022-11-01T13:50:09Z 2022-11-01T13:50:09Z House HR 2019-08-23 116 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2019-09-25T13:48:09Z Referred to 2019-08-23T14:00:40Z 2019-09-25 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2019-08-23 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-08-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-08-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] Jim Costa D CA 16 N O000168 Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Pete Olson R TX 22 2019-08-23 True L000589 Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] Debbie Lesko R AZ 8 2019-08-23 True E000299 Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] Veronica Escobar D TX 16 2019-08-23 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-08-30 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2019-08-30 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2019-09-09 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 22 2019-09-17 False S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2019-10-29 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against property Criminal procedure and sentencing Separation, divorce, custody, support Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-08-23 Introduced in House 2019-09-25T19:25:35Z Jane's Law

This bill makes it a crime to knowingly travel in interstate or foreign commerce with the intent to evade compliance with a court ordered property distribution as part of a separation or divorce settlement.

A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both—and mandatory restitution in the amount of total unpaid property distribution.

]]> Jane’s Law Display Title Jane’s Law Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Jane’s Law Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4203ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4203ih.xml 2019-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.