Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1204 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1204 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 103-173, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1998;
amended Pub. L. 108-21, title I, Sec. 107, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat.
655.)
AMENDMENTS
2003 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108-21, Sec. 107(1), inserted ", or
attempts to do so," before "or retains".
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108-21, Sec. 107(2)(A), inserted "or the
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" before "and
was".
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 108-21, Sec. 107(2)(B), inserted "or"
after semicolon at end.
SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF PROCEDURES UNDER THE HAGUE
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD
ABDUCTION
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 103-173 provided that: "It is the sense
of the Congress that, inasmuch as use of the procedures under the
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental
Child Abduction has resulted in the return of many children, those
procedures, in circumstances in which they are applicable, should
be the option of first choice for a parent who seeks the return of
a child who has been removed from the parent."