abducted child, including the right to determine the 
place of residence of an abducted child— 
(A) attributed to an individual or entity, 
either individually or jointly, and 
(B) arising by operation of law or by rea-
son of a judicial or administrative decision, or 
by reason of an agreement having legal effect, 
under the law of the country in which the child was 
an habitual resident immediately before the abduc-
tion. 
(22) UNRESOLVED ABDUCTION CASE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘‘unresolved abduction 
case’’ means an abduction case that remains 
unresolved for a period that exceeds 6 weeks 
after the date on which the application for re-
turn of the child is submitted for determination 
to the judicial 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 
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Hague Abduction Convention or MOU, if 
applicable; 
(ii) the judicial or administrative 
branch, as applicable, of the national gov-
ernment of the country in which the child 
is located has implemented and is com-
plying with the provisions of the Hague 
Abduction Convention or the MOU, as ap-
plicable, and a final determination is made 
by such judicial or administrative branch 
that the child will not be returned to the 
country of habitual residence; or 
(iii) the child attains the age of 16. 
(23) UNRESOLVED ACCESS CASE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘‘unresolved access case’’ 
means an access case that remains unresolved 
for a period that exceeds 6 weeks after the date 
on which the application for the establishment 
of rights of access is submitted to the judicial 
or administrative authority, as applicable, in the 
country in which the child is located. 
(B) RESOLUTION
OF
CASE.—An access 
case shall be considered to be resolved if— 
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(i) rights of access are established for 
the left-behind parent and such parent is 
allowed access to the child in accordance 
with such rights; 
(ii) a final determination is made by 
the appropriate administrative or judicial 
entity in the country in which the child is 
located that the left-behind parent does not 
have rights of access and the United 
States Central Authority concludes that 
such determination is in accordance with 
applicable international standards; or 
(iii) the abduction case related to the 
unresolved access case is resolved. 
(24) UNRESOLVED
CASES.—The term ‘‘unre-
solved cases’’ means unresolved abduction cases and 
unresolved access cases. 
SEC. 4. FUNDING. 
Amounts necessary to carry out this Act shall be 
taken out of the discretionary funds available to the Sec-
retary of State for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 
2018. 
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE ACTIONS 
SEC. 101. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31 of each 
year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees an Annual Report on 
International Child Abduction. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each Annual Report shall, with re-
spect to the preceding year, include the following: 
(1) For each country with respect to which 
there was 1 or more abduction cases: 
(A) Whether the country is a Convention 
country, an MOU country, or a nonparty coun-
try. 
(B) The number of abduction cases and 
the number of rights of access cases, respec-
tively, reported. 
(C) The number of abduction cases and 
the number of access cases, respectively, that 
are pending. 
(D)(i) The number of abduction cases and 
the number of access cases, respectively, that 
were pending at any point for more than 90 
days after the date on which the Central Au-
thority of the United States transmitted the ap-
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plication for each such case to the Central Au-
thority of such country, and were not submitted 
by the Central Authority to the judicial or ad-
ministrative authority, as applicable, of such 
country within the 90-day period. 
(ii) The reason for the delay in submission 
of each case identified in clause (i) by the Cen-
tral Authority of such country to the judicial or 
administrative authority. 
(E) The number of unresolved abduction 
cases and unresolved access cases, respectively, 
and the length of time each case has been pend-
ing. 
(F) The number of unresolved cases in 
which law enforcement has failed to locate the 
abducted child or to enforce a return order or 
determinations of rights of access rendered by 
the judicial or administrative authorities of 
such country. 
(G) The median time required for resolu-
tion of abduction cases and access cases, re-
spectively, to be measured from the date on 
which the application with respect to the abduc-
tion case or access case is transmitted by the 
Central Authority of the United States to the 
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Central Authority of such country to the date 
on which the abduction case or access case is 
resolved. 
(H) The percentage of the total number of 
abduction cases and access cases, respectively, 
resolved. 
(I) Detailed information about each case 
described in subparagraph (C) and on actions 
taken by the Department of State to resolve 
such case, including the specific actions taken 
by the United States chief of mission in such 
country. 
(J) Recommendations to improve resolu-
tion of abduction cases and access cases. 
(2) The number of abducted children from the 
United States who were returned to the United 
States from Conventions countries, MOU countries, 
and nonparty countries, respectively. 
(3) A list of Convention countries and MOU 
countries that have failed to comply with any of 
their obligations under the Hague Abduction Con-
vention or the MOU, as applicable, with respect to 
the resolution of abduction cases and access cases. 
(4) A list of countries demonstrating a pattern 
of noncooperation, and a summary of the criteria on 
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