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(d) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN 
HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION COUNTRIES.—Except as provided 
in subsection (f), the actions by the Secretary of State referred 
to in this subsection are— 
(1) a demarche; 
(2) an official public statement detailing unresolved cases; 
(3) a public condemnation; 
(4) a delay or cancellation of 1 or more bilateral working, 
official, or state visits; 
(5) the withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of United 
States development assistance in accordance with section 116 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n); 
(6) the withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of United 
States security assistance in accordance with section 502B of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304); 
(7) the withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of assistance 
to the central government of a country pursuant to chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic Support Fund); and 
(8) a formal request to the foreign country concerned to 
extradite an individual who is engaged in abduction and who 
has been formally accused of, charged with, or convicted of 
an extraditable offense. 
(e) COMMENSURATE ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (f), the 
Secretary of State may substitute any other action authorized 
by law for any action described in subsection (d) if the Secretary 
determines that such action— 
(A) is commensurate in effect to the action substituted; 
and 
(B) would substantially further the purposes of this 
Act. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If commensurate action is taken pursu-
ant to this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(A) describes such action; 
(B) explains the reasons for taking such action; and 
(C) specifically describes the basis for the Secretary’s 
determination under paragraph (1) that such action— 
(i) is commensurate with the action substituted; 
and 
(ii) substantially furthers the purposes of this Act. 
(f) RESOLUTION.—The Secretary of State shall seek to take 
all appropriate actions authorized by law to resolve the unresolved 
case or to obtain the cessation of such pattern of noncompliance, 
as applicable. 
(g) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—Any action taken pursuant to 
subsection (d) or (e) may not prohibit or restrict the provision 
of medicine, medical equipment or supplies, 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 Secretary takes an action under 
subsection (d) or (e) of section 202, based on a pattern of noncompli-
ance, the Secretary shall request consultations with the government
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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 Secretary 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 congres-
sional 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. 
(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 committees of such 
waiver; and 
(2) provide such committees with a detailed justification 
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 determina-
tion 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 findings 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 
information would be harmful to the national security of the United 
States and would not further the purposes of this Act. 
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 country 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 noncompliance that gave 
rise to such specific action, as applicable.
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TITLE III—PREVENTION OF 
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION 
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 Homeland Secu-
rity 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 ABDUCTION. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary, through the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred 
to in this section as ‘CBP’), in coordination 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 section 1204(b)(1) 
of title 18, United States Code) from departing from the terri-
tory 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 inter-
national 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 and U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement; 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 Department of Defense— 
‘‘(A) to coordinate with the Department of State on 
international child abduction issues; and 
‘‘(B) to oversee activities designed to prevent or resolve 
international child abduction cases relating to active duty 
military service members.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the Home-
land 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 INTER-
NATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, shall seek to provide training, directly 
or through another government agency or nongovernmental 
organizations, on the effective handling of parental abduction cases 
to the judicial and administrative authorities in countries— 
(1) in which a significant number of unresolved abduction 
cases are pending; or
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(2) that have been designated as having a pattern of non-
compliance under section 202(b). 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
a strategy to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) 
to— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
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 pursuant to the 
authorization and requirements under this section. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.