; Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States has recognized that family abduction— (1) is a form of child abuse with potentially devastating consequences for a child , which may include negative impacts on the physical and mental well-being of the child; and (2) may cause a child to experience a loss of community and stability, leading to loneliness, anger, and fear of abandonment ; Whereas, according to the 2010 Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by the Department of State, an abducted child is at risk of significant short- and long-term problems, including anxiety, eating problems, nightmares, mood swings, sleep disturbances, [and] aggressive behavior ; Whereas international parental child abduction has devastating emotional consequences for the child and for the parent from whom the child is separated; Whereas the United States has a history of promoting child welfare through institutions including— (1) the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) the Office of Children’s Issues of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State; Whereas the Coalition to End International Parental Child Abduction, through dedicated advocacy and regular testimony, has highlighted the importance of this issue to Congress and called on successive administrations to take concerted action to stop international parental child abduction and repatriate kidnapped United States children; Whereas Congress has signaled a commitment to ending international parental child abduction by enacting— (1) the International Child Abduction Remedies Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9001 et seq. ); (2) the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 ( Public Law 103–173 ), which enacted section 1204 of title 18, United States Code; and (3) the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 ( 22 U.S.C. 9101 et seq. )