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strict the provision of medicine, medical equipment or sup-
plies, food, or other life-saving humanitarian assistance. 
SEC. 203. CONSULTATIONS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
As soon as practicable after the Secretary of State 
makes a determination under section 201 in response to a 
failure to resolve unresolved abduction cases or the Sec-
retary takes an action under subsection (d) or (e) of section 
202, based on a pattern of noncompliance, the Secretary 
shall request consultations with the government of such 
country regarding the situation giving rise to such deter-
mination. 
SEC. 204. WAIVER BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of State may waive the application of any of the 
actions described in subsections (d) and (e) of section 202 
with respect to a country if the Secretary determines and 
notifies the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the government of such country— 
(A) has satisfactorily resolved the abduction 
cases giving rise to the application of any of 
such actions; or 
(B) has ended such country’s pattern of 
noncompliance; or 
(2) the national security interest of the United 
States requires the exercise of such waiver authority.
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(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
the date on which the Secretary of State exercises the waiver 
authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) notify the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of such waiver; and 
(2) provide such committees with a detailed jus-
tification for such waiver, including an explanation 
of the steps the noncompliant government has taken— 
(A) to resolve abductions cases; or 
(B) to end its pattern of noncompliance. 
(c) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—Subject to 
subsection (d), the Secretary of State shall ensure that each 
waiver determination under this section— 
(1) is published in the Federal Register; or 
(2) is posted on the Department of State website. 
(d) LIMITED DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of State may limit the publication of information 
under subsection (c) in the same manner and to the same 
extent as the President may limit the publication of find-
ings and determinations described in section 654(c) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2414(c)), if the 
Secretary determines that the publication of such informa-
tion would be harmful to the national security of the United 
States and would not further the purposes of this Act.
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SEC. 205. TERMINATION OF ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY 
OF STATE. 
Any specific action taken under this Act or any 
amendment made by this Act with respect to a foreign coun-
try shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary of 
State submits a written certification to Congress that the 
government of such country— 
(1) has resolved any unresolved abduction case 
that gave rise to such specific action; or 
(2) has taken substantial and verifiable steps to 
correct such country’s persistent pattern of non-
compliance that gave rise to such specific action, as 
applicable. 
TITLE 
III—PREVENTION 
OF 
INTERNATIONAL 
CHILD 
AB-
DUCTION 
SEC. 301. PREVENTING CHILDREN FROM LEAVING THE 
UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF A COURT 
ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 433. PREVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION. 
‘‘(a) 
PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—The 
Secretary, 
through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
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tection (referred to in this section as ‘CBP’), in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 
establish a program that— 
‘‘(1) seeks to prevent a child (as defined in sec-
tion 1204(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code) from 
departing from the territory of the United States if a 
parent or legal guardian of such child presents a 
court order from a court of competent jurisdiction 
prohibiting the removal of such child from the United 
States to a CBP Officer in sufficient time to prevent 
such departure for the duration of such court order; 
and 
‘‘(2) leverages other existing authorities and 
processes to address the wrongful removal and return 
of a child. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
convene and chair an interagency working group to 
prevent international parental child abduction. The 
group shall be composed of presidentially appointed, 
Senate confirmed officials from— 
‘‘(A) the Department of State; 
‘‘(B) the Department of Homeland Security, 
including U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) the Department of Justice, including 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall designate an official within the De-
partment of Defense— 
‘‘(A) to coordinate with the Department of 
State on international child abduction issues; 
and 
‘‘(B) to oversee activities designed to pre-
vent or resolve international child abduction 
cases relating to active duty military service 
members.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) 
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 432 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 433. Prevention of international child abduction.’’. 
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION FOR JUDICIAL TRAINING ON 
INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, shall seek to provide 
training, directly or through another government agency or 
nongovernmental organizations, on the effective handling of
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parental abduction cases to the judicial and administrative 
authorities in countries— 
(1) in which a significant number of unresolved 
abduction cases are pending; or 
(2) that have been designated as having a pat-
tern of noncompliance under section 202(b). 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall submit a strategy to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (a) to— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of State $1,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to carry out 
subsection (a). 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated for 
the activities set forth in subsection (a) shall be used