22 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2024 Edition
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
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§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.

(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, §102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)