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(A) by operation of law; 
(B) through a judicial or administrative de-
termination; or 
(C) through a legally enforceable arrange-
ment between the parties. 
(21) RIGHTS OF CUSTODY.—The term ‘‘rights of 
custody’’ means rights of care and custody of a child, 
including the right to determine the place of residence 
of a child, under the laws of the country in which the 
child is a habitual resident— 
(A) attributed to an individual or legal cus-
todian; and 
(B) arising— 
(i) by operation of law; or 
(ii) through a judicial or administra-
tive decision; or 
(iii) through a legally enforceable ar-
rangement between the parties. 
(22) RIGHTS OF INTERIM CONTACT.—The term 
‘‘rights of interim contact’’ means the rights of con-
tact between a child and a left-behind parent, which 
has been provided as a provisional measure while an 
abduction case is pending, under the laws of the coun-
try in which the child is located— 
(A) by operation of law; or
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(B) through a judicial or administrative de-
termination; or 
(C) through a legally enforceable arrange-
ment between the parties. 
(23) UNRESOLVED ABDUCTION CASE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the term ‘‘unresolved abduction case’’ means 
an abduction case that remains unresolved for a 
period that exceeds 12 months after the date on 
which the completed application for return of the 
child is submitted for determination to the judi-
cial or administrative authority, as applicable, 
in the country in which the child is located. 
(B) RESOLUTION OF CASE.—An abduction 
case shall be considered to be resolved if— 
(i) the child is returned to the country 
of habitual residence, pursuant to the 
Hague Abduction Convention or other ap-
propriate bilateral procedures, if applicable; 
(ii) the judicial or administrative 
branch, as applicable, of the government of 
the country in which the child is located has 
implemented, and is complying with, the 
provisions of the Hague Abduction Conven-
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tion or other bilateral procedures, as appli-
cable; 
(iii) the left-behind parent reaches a 
voluntary arrangement with the other par-
ent; 
(iv) the left-behind parent submits a 
written withdrawal of the application or the 
request for assistance to the Department of 
State; 
(v) the left-behind parent cannot be lo-
cated for 1 year despite the documented ef-
forts of the Department of State to locate 
the parent; or 
(vi) the child or left-behind parent is 
deceased. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE ACTIONS 
SEC. 101. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30 of each 
year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an Annual Report on Inter-
national Child Abduction. The Secretary shall post the An-
nual Report to the publicly accessible website of the Depart-
ment of State. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each Annual Report shall include—
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(1) a list of all countries in which there were 1 
or more abduction cases, during the preceding cal-
endar year, relating to a child whose habitual resi-
dence is the United States, including a description of 
whether each such country— 
(A) is a Convention country; 
(B) is a bilateral procedures country; 
(C) has other procedures for resolving such 
abductions; or 
(D) adheres to no protocols with respect to 
child abduction; 
(2) for each country with respect to which there 
were 5 or more pending abduction cases, during the 
preceding year, relating to a child whose habitual res-
idence is the United States— 
(A) the number of such new abduction and 
access cases reported during the preceding year; 
(B) for Convention and bilateral procedures 
countries— 
(i) the number of abduction and access 
cases that the Central Authority of the 
United States transmitted to the Central 
Authority of such country; and 
(ii) the number of abduction and ac-
cess cases that were not submitted by the