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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 2509 (Introduced in Senate) — To ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, to establi... · 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 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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