,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cehe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,sires7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,president to    
submit to ,congress a report on         
fugitives currently residing in other   
countries whose extradition is sought by
 the ,united ,states and related        
matters4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,walter ,patterson  
and ,werner ,foerster ,justice and      
,extradition ,act4  #b4 ,findings and   
purpose  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds  
the following3 7#a7 ,extradition is the 
formal surrender of a person by one     
state to another state for prosecution  
or punishment4  7#b7 ,refusal by other  
nations to extradite or otherwise render
 to the ,united ,states fugitives within
 their jurisdiction who have been       
convicted of committing crimes on       

,united ,states soil impedes the        
judicial process and undermines the rule
 of law4  7#c7 ,the ,united ,states has 
bilateral extradition treaties with more
 than #ajj nations and an extradition   
agreement with the ,european ,union4    
7#d7 ,the ,united ,states has bilateral 
extradition treaties with ,portugal and 
,cuba4  7#e7 ,the failure to bring      
criminal fugitives to justice in the    
,united ,states is an affront to the    
victims of those crimes4  7#f7 ,the     
refusal of ,portugal1 a close ally and  
good friend of the ,united ,states1 to  
extradite ,george ,wright1 convicted of 
the #aifb murder of ,walter ,patterson1 
fugitive from justice since his #aigj   
escape from the ,bayside ,state ,prison 
in ,new ,jersey1 is a deplorable example
 of a failure to extradite1 and has     
caused ongoing suffering and stress to  
,mr4 ,patterson's surviving family and  
friends4  7#g7 ,the refusal of ,cuba to 
extradite or otherwise render ,joanne   
,chesimard1 an escaped convict who fled 

to ,cuba after killing ,werner          
,foerster1 ,new ,jersey ,state ,trooper1
 is a deplorable example of a failure to
 extradite or otherwise render1 and has 
caused ongoing suffering and stress to  
,mr4 ,foerster's surviving family and   
friends4  7#h7 ,the refusals to         
extradite ,george ,wright and ,joanne   
,chesimard are emblematic of a number of
 such refusals from other nations1 such 
that ,united ,states policies and       
efforts to secure extradition and the   
extradition policies of countries from  
which the ,united ,states seeks         
extradition and rendition bear further  
examination4  7#i7 ,such examination    
will be promoted by the issuance of a   
public report on the status of          
extradition requests by the ,united     
,states and related matters4  7b7       
,purpose ,the purpose of this ,act is to
 provide information necessary to       
evaluate and thereby strengthen ,united 
,states ,government efforts to extradite
 fugitives4  #c4 ,report  7a7 ,in       

general ,not later than #bgj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and not later than the end of each      
#ab-month period thereafter1 the        
,president shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on-- 7#a7 the number of          
fugitives1 and others for whom the      
,united ,states ,government is seeking  
extradition or rendition1 currently     
residing in other countries whose       
extradition is sought by the ,united    
,states and a list of those countries2  
7#b7 diplomatic and other efforts1 if   
any1 the ,united ,states has undertaken 
to secure the return of such fugitives2 
7#c7 the average length of time these   
cases have been outstanding2  7#d7 how  
many of these cases have been resolved  
to the satisfaction of the ,united      
,states2  7#e7 factors that have been   
barriers to the resolution of these     
cases2 and  7#f7 information on the     
number of ,united ,states citizens whose
 extradition has been sought by other   

countries during the past #e years1 a   
list of those countries seeking         
extradition1 and the outcomes of those  
requests4  7b7 ,form ,the report        
required by subsection 7a7 shall be     
submitted in unclassified form1 but may 
include a classified annex if necessary4
  7c7 ,definition ,in this section1 the 
term appropriate congressional          
committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee 
on the ,judiciary of the ,house of      
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations and   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,senate4