HRES 729
115th Congress
House
International Affairs
Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
International law and treaties
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that countries that are party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction should work to resolve international parental child abduction cases, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 7, 2018
Introduced by:
Valadao, David G.
Republican
· California
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Became law
Feb 7, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 7, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Calls for countries that are party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to work to resolve international parental child abduction cases, including by applying the convention retroactively with respect to cases initiated prior to the date on which the countries involved became a party to the convention.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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