---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9114"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9114"
heading: "Report to congressional representatives"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9114"
units:
  - "Chapter 98 — International Child Abduction Prevention and Return"
  - "Subchapter I — Department of State Actions"
---

# §9114. Report to congressional representatives

- (a) **Notification—** The Secretary of State shall submit written notification to the Member of Congress and Senators, or Resident Commissioner or Delegate, as appropriate, representing the legal residence of a [left-behind parent](/usc/22/9101.md?p=15) if such parent—
  - (1) reports an [abduction](/usc/22/9101.md?p=2) to the [Central Authority](/usc/22/9101.md?p=10) of the United States; and
  - (2) consents to such notification.
- (b) **Timing—** At the request of any person who is a [left-behind parent](/usc/22/9101.md?p=15), including a [left-behind parent](/usc/22/9101.md?p=15) who previously reported an [abduction](/usc/22/9101.md?p=2) to the [Central Authority](/usc/22/9101.md?p=10) of the United States before August 8, 2014, the notification required under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be provided as soon as is practicable.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, § 104, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1816.)