U.S. Code » Title 22 » Chapter CHAPTER 98— INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIONS

22 U.S.C. § 9112

Standards and assistance

Read at: OLRCuscode.house.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov JustiaTitle 22 CasesGoogle Scholar
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.)