22 USC 9112: Standards and assistance
Text contains those laws in effect on May 15, 2024
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 98-INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURNSUBCHAPTER I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIONS
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§9112. Standards and assistance
The Secretary of State shall-
(1) ensure that United States diplomatic and consular missions abroad-
(A) maintain a consistent reporting standard with respect to abduction and access cases;
(B) designate at least 1 senior official in each such mission, at the discretion of the Chief of Mission, to assist left-behind parents from the United States who are visiting such country or otherwise seeking to resolve abduction or access cases; and
(C) monitor developments in abduction and access cases; and
(2) develop and implement written strategic plans for engagement with any Convention or non-Convention country in which there are 5 or more cases of international child abduction.
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