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HCONRES 224 105th Congress House International Affairs Aliens Americans in foreign countries Crime and Law Enforcement Families International cooperation Kidnapping Parental kidnapping

Urging international cooperation in recovering children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries.

Introduced: February 25, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Oct 21, 1998
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12946)
Oct 21, 1998
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 21, 1998
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12946)
Oct 21, 1998
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 15, 1998
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 14, 1998
Mr. Bereuter moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
Sep 14, 1998
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 14, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 14, 1998
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 14, 1998
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Sep 14, 1998
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7658-7660)
Jul 21, 1998
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.
Jul 21, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 25, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Feb 25, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges international cooperation in working to resolve cases in which children in the United States are abducted by family members who are foreign nationals and taken to foreign countries, and in seeing that justice is served by holding the abductors accountable for criminal law violations.

What's happening now October 21, 1998

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 10, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 21, 1998
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 30, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 11, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 224: Urging international cooperation in recovering children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-224/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 224: Urging international cooperation in recovering children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-224/.
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H. Con. Res. 224, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-224/.
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[H. Con. Res. 224: Urging international cooperation in recovering children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-224/)
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