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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1951 (Introduced in House) — To ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by countrie... · Sec. 102

Sec. 102. Standards and assistance

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The Secretary of State shall ensure that United States diplomatic and consular missions abroad— maintain a consistent reporting standard with respect to abduction cases and access cases involving abducted children in the country in which such mission is located for purposes of the Annual Report; designate at least one official in each such mission to assist left-behind parents from the United States who are visiting such country to resolve cases involving an abduction or rights of access; and monitor developments in cases involving abducted children in the country in which such mission is located.
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