22 USC § 9112 - Standards and assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s9112"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 9112 - Standards and assistance"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "9112"
section_name: "Standards and assistance"
chapter_number: 98
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–150, title I, § 102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)"
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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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–150, title I, § 102, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1815.)