to international child abduction with countries that are not 
contracting parties to the Hague Convention on the Civil 
Aspects of International Child Abduction. 
(b) REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.—(1) 
Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) the status of efforts in each country to 
prohibit international child abduction, including— 
‘‘(A) efforts to expedite the return of chil-
dren to the country of their habitual residence; 
and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the country re-
spects the rights of custody and of access under 
the laws of other countries.’’. 
(2) Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by inserting after 
the sixth sentence the following: ‘‘Each report under this 
section shall include information on the status of efforts 
in each country to prohibit international child abduction, 
including efforts to expedite the return of children to the 
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country of their habitual residence and the extent to which 
the country respects the rights of custody and of access 
under the laws of other countries.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 1204 OF 
TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall pre-
pare and submit to the Congress an annual report that 
contains a description of the status of each case involving 
a request during the preceding year for extradition to the 
United States of an individual alleged to have violated sec-
tion 1204 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 7. STUDY ON COOPERATION OF AIRLINE INDUSTRY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
conduct a study of— 
(1) the extent to which the domestic and for-
eign airline industries cooperate with the investiga-
tion of international child abduction cases, including 
cooperation with the Department of State, the De-
partment of Justice, and the National Center for 
Missing & Exploited Children; and 
(2) any practices and procedures necessary to 
improve the ability of the domestic and foreign air-
line industries to cooperate with the investigation of 
international child abduction cases. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND 
PROSECUTION OF PARENTAL KIDNAPPING. 
In addition to funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated for the activities described in this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Child Exploi-
tation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012 such sums 
as may be necessary for the investigation and prosecution 
of violations of section 1204 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR EXTRADITION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2012 such funds as may be nec-
essary for the costs of extraditing individuals from foreign 
countries to the United States for violations of laws in 
the United States by reason of unlawfully removing a child 
from the child’s custodial parent. 
SEC. 10. GRANTS FOR TRAVEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE SAFE RETURN OF ABDUCTED CHILDREN. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the 
Office of Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice 
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shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, estab-
lish a Victim Travel in International Reunification Cases 
program to award grants to the National Center for Miss-
ing & Exploited Children to reimburse parents, guardians, 
law enforcement, and other individuals, as appropriate, for 
travel costs related to the safe return of children from the 
United States who have been abducted and taken to for-
eign countries. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Travel costs under sub-
section (a) that are reimbursed using funds under this sec-
tion may include airfare and daily subsistence costs, in-
cluding lodging, meals, and ground transportation. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$250,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
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