[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1690 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1690

 To amend title 28 of the United States Code regarding enforcement of 
                         child custody orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 1997

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 28 of the United States Code regarding enforcement of 
                         child custody orders.

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

SECTION 1. CHILD CUSTODY.

    (a) Section 1738A(b)(2).--Section 1738A(b)(2) of title 28, United 
States Code is amended by inserting ``or grandparent'' after 
``parent''.
    (b) Section 1738A(b)(3).--Section 1738A(b)(3) is amended by 
striking ``or visitation'' after ``for the custody''.
    (c) Section 1738A(b)(5).--Section 1738A(b)(5) is amended by 
striking ``custody determination'' each place it occurs and inserting 
``custody or visitation determination''.
    (d) Section 1738A(b)(9).--Section 1738A(b) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
(7), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting 
``; and'', and by adding after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) `visitation determination' means a judgment, decree, 
        or other order of a court providing for the visitation of a 
        child and includes permanent and temporary order and initial 
        order and modifications.''.
    (e) Section 1738A(c).--Section 1738A(c) is amended by striking 
``custody determination'' and inserting ``custody or visitation 
determination''.
    (f) Section 1738A(c)(2)(D).--Section 1738A(c)(2)(D) is amended by 
adding ``or visitation'' after ``determine the custody''.
    (g) Section 1738A(d).--Section 1738A(d) is amended striking 
``custody determination'' and inserting ``custody or visitation 
determination''.
    (g) Section 1738A(e).--Section 1738A(d) is amended striking 
``custody determination'' and inserting ``custody or visitation 
determination''.
    (g) Section 1738A(g).--Section 1738A(d) is amended striking 
``custody determination'' and inserting ``custody or visitation 
determination''.
    (h) Section 1738A(h).--Section 1738A is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(h) A court of a State may not modify for a child a determination 
of visitation of such child made by a court of another State unless the 
court of the other State has declined to exercise jurisdiction to 
modify such determination.''.
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