Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 98 — International Child Abduction Prevention and Return
§ 9112. Standards and assistance
Statutory text
The Secretary of State shall—
ensure that United States diplomatic and consular missions abroad—
maintain a consistent reporting standard with respect to abduction and access cases;
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
monitor developments in abduction and access cases; and
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.
Legislative history
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Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014
Pub. L. 113–150 title I § 102 · 128 Stat. 1807
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 9112
(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, § 102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, § 102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 102. 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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