To expand the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include combating the transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of a required legal procedure, and for other purposes.

Amends the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include within the definition of "child exploitation" offering to engage or engaging in the transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of a required legal procedure.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4704 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4704

To expand the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include combating the 
transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of 
          a required legal procedure, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2014

   Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself and Mr. Langevin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to include combating the 
transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of 
          a required legal procedure, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF CHILD EXPLOITATION.

    Paragraph (1) of section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 
(42 U.S.C. 17601(1)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ``, or the offer to engage or engaging in the 
transfer of permanent custody or control of a minor in contravention of 
a required legal procedure''.
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