2014 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse (Sections 1 - 9141)
Chapter 98 - International Child Abduction Prevention and Return (Sections 9101 - 9141)
Subchapter I - Department of State Actions (Sections 9111 - 9114)
Sec. 9112 - Standards and assistance
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 98 - INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN SUBCHAPTER I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIONS Sec. 9112 - Standards and assistance |
| Contains | section 9112 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 113-150, title I, §102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 128 Stat. 1815 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 113-150 |
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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.
(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, §102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)
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