S.Res. 543: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction.

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S.Res. 543: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction.

112th Congress · introduced 2012-08-02 · International Affairs · Latest: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7403-7404; text as passed Senate: CR S7403-7404)

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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 19, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Condemns the international abduction of all children. Urges countries identified by the Department of State as noncompliant or demonstrating patterns of noncompliance with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to fulfill their commitment to implement the Convention. Calls on all countries: (1) to become a party to the Convention and institute measures to address cases of international parental child abduction, and (2) that have not become a party to the Convention to develop a mechanism for the resolution of cases of international parental child abduction that occur prior to becoming a party to the Convention. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) pursue the return of each child abducted by a parent from the United States to another country through all appropriate means, facilitate access by the left-behind parent if the child is not returned, and, where appropriate, seek the extradition of the abductor parent; (2) take all appropriate measures to ensure that a child abducted to a Convention country is returned to the child's country of habitual residence; (3) use diplomacy to encourage other countries to become a party to the Convention and to encourage countries that have not become a party to the Convention to develop a mechanism to resolve cases of international child abduction that occur prior to becoming a party to the Convention; and (4) review the advisory services made available to U.S. citizens by the Department of State, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other U.S. government agencies to improve the prevention of such child abduction from the United States, and to ensure that effective assistance is provided to U.S. citizen parents of such abducted children.

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Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 28 cosponsors

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

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• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112sres543.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/sres>

Record fed-us-cong112-sres543 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112