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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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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 February 7, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 729: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-729/
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"H. Res. 729: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-729/.
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H. Res. 729, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-729/.
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[H. Res. 729: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-729/)
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