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Central Authority to the judicial or admin-
istrative authority, as applicable, of such 
country; 
(C) the reason for the delay in submission 
of each case identified in subparagraph (B)(ii) 
by the Central Authority of such country to the 
judicial or administrative authority of that 
country; 
(D) the number of unresolved abduction and 
access cases, and the length of time each case has 
been pending; 
(E) the number and percentage of unre-
solved abduction cases in which law enforcement 
authorities have— 
(i) not located the abducted child; 
(ii) failed to undertake serious efforts 
to locate the abducted child; and 
(iii) failed to enforce a return order 
rendered by the judicial or administrative 
authorities of such country; 
(F) the total number and the percentage of 
the total number of abduction and access cases, 
respectively, resolved during the preceding year; 
(G) recommendations to improve the resolu-
tion of abduction and access cases; and
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(H) the average time it takes to locate a 
child; 
(3) the number of abducted children whose habit-
ual residence is in the United States and who were 
returned to the United States from— 
(A) Convention countries; 
(B) bilateral procedures countries; 
(C) countries having other procedures for 
resolving such abductions; or 
(D) countries adhering to no protocols with 
respect to child abduction; 
(4) a list of Convention countries and bilateral 
procedures countries that have failed to comply with 
any of their obligations under the Hague Abduction 
Convention or bilateral procedures, as applicable, 
with respect to the resolution of abduction and access 
cases; 
(5) a list of countries demonstrating a pattern of 
noncompliance and a description of the criteria on 
which the determination of a pattern of noncompli-
ance for each country is based; 
(6) information on efforts by the Secretary of 
State to encourage non-Convention countries— 
(A) to ratify or accede to the Hague Abduc-
tion Convention;
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(B) to enter into or implement other bilat-
eral procedures, including memoranda of under-
standing, with the United States; and 
(C) to address pending abduction and access 
cases; 
(7) the number of cases resolved without ab-
ducted children being returned to the United States 
from Convention countries, bilateral procedures coun-
tries, or other non-Convention countries; 
(8) a list of countries that became Convention 
countries with respect to the United States during the 
preceding year; and 
(9) information about efforts to seek resolution of 
abduction cases of children whose habitual residence 
is in the United States and whose abduction occurred 
before the Hague Abduction Convention entered into 
force with respect to the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Unless a left-behind parent pro-
vides written permission to the Central Authority of the 
United States to include personally identifiable information 
about the parent or the child in the Annual Report, the 
Annual Report may not include any personally identifiable 
information about any such parent, child, or party to an 
abduction or access case involving such parent or child.
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(d) ADDITIONAL SECTIONS.—Each Annual Report 
shall also include— 
(1) information on the number of unresolved ab-
duction cases affecting military parents; 
(2) a description of the assistance offered to such 
military parents; 
(3) information on the use of airlines in abduc-
tions, voluntary airline practices to prevent abduc-
tions, and recommendations for best airline practices 
to prevent abductions; 
(4) information on actions taken by the Central 
Authority of the United States to train domestic 
judges in the application of the Hague Abduction 
Convention; and 
(5) information on actions taken by the Central 
Authority of the United States to train United States 
Armed Forces legal assistance personnel, military 
chaplains, and military family support center per-
sonnel about— 
(A) abductions; 
(B) the risk of loss of contact with children; 
and 
(C) the legal means available to resolve such 
cases.
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(e) REPEAL OF THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION 
COMPLIANCE REPORT.—Section 2803 of the Foreign Affairs 
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 11611) 
is repealed. 
(f) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON COUNTRIES IN 
NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
include, in a separate section of the Annual Report, 
the Secretary’s determination, pursuant to the provi-
sions under section 202(b), of whether each country 
listed in the report has engaged in a pattern of non-
compliance in cases of child abduction during the pre-
ceding 12 months. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The section described in para-
graph (1)— 
(A) shall identify any action or actions de-
scribed in section 202(d) (or commensurate ac-
tion as provided in section 202(e)) that have 
been taken by the Secretary with respect to each 
country; 
(B) shall describe the basis for the Sec-
retary’s determination of the pattern of non-
compliance by each country; 
(C) shall indicate whether noneconomic pol-
icy options designed to resolve the pattern of