Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
22 U.S.C. § 9112: Standards and assistance
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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.
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