[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5177 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5177

 To authorize the Secretary of State to deny passports to noncustodial 
  parents subject to State arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of 
                             child support.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1994

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Andrews of New Jersey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of State to deny passports to noncustodial 
  parents subject to State arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of 
                             child support.

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

SECTION 1. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS SUBJECT TO STATE 
              ARREST WARRANTS IN CASES OF NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.

    The Secretary of State is authorized to refuse a passport or 
revoke, restrict, or limit a passport in any case in which the 
Secretary of State determines or is informed by competent authority 
that the applicant or passport holder is a noncustodial parent who is 
the subject of an outstanding State warrant of arrest for nonpayment of 
child support, where the amount in controversy is not less than 
$10,000.
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