Public Law 113-150 · H.R. 3212 · Became law

Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014

Official title: “To ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by countries with which the United States enjoys reciprocal obligations, to establish procedures for the prompt return of children abducted to other countries, and for other purposes.”

House: without objection · Senate: voice vote
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