Walter Patterson Justice and Extradition Act

This bill would require the President to send Congress a report within 270 days, and then every year, on fugitives living in other countries whose extradition the United States is seeking. The report would cover how many such fugitives there are, which countries they are in, what U.S. efforts have been made to return them, how long cases have been open, how many have been resolved, and what barriers exist. It would also cover how many U.S. citizens other countries have sought to extradite in the past five years and the outcomes. The bill states the sense of Congress that U.S. ambassadors and senior officials should press foreign officials on U.S. extradition requests, including the case of George Wright, convicted of the 1962 murder of Walter Patterson.

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Sponsors

• Christopher H. Smith Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors