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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-218 (2) children who have been abducted by an estranged father are very rarely returned, through legal remedies, from countries that only recognize the custody rights of the father; (3) there are at least 140 cases that need to be resolved in which children have been abducted by family members and taken to foreign countries; (4) although the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October 25, 1980, has made progress in aiding the return of abducted children, the Convention does not address the criminal aspects of child abduction, and there is a need to reach agreements regarding child abduction with countries that are not parties to the Convention; and (5) decisions on awarding custody of children should be made in the children's best interest, and persons who violate laws of the United States by abducting their children should not be rewarded by being granted custody of those children, (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Government should promote international cooperation in working to resolve those cases in which children in the United States are abducted by family members who are foreign nationals and taken to foreign countries, and in seeing that justice is served by holding accountable the abductors for violations of criminal law. TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL PROGRAMS AND REFORM FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS UNITED STATES QUOTA IN THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND For an increase in the United States quota in the International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 10,622,500,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain available until expended. LOANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND-NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW For loans to the IntemationEd Monetary Fund under section lY of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act pursuant to the New Arrangements to Borrow, the dollar equivalent of 2,462,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain available until expended. In addition, the amounts appropriated by title III of the Foreign Aid and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1963 (Public Law 87- 872) and section 1101(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-181) may also be used under section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act pursuant to the New Arrangements to Borrow. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND SEC. 601. None of the funds appropriated in this title may be obligated or made available to the International Monetary Fund

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