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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. 205

Sec. 205. Termination of actions by the Secretary of State

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Any specific action taken under this Act or any amendment made by this Act with respect to a foreign country shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary of State submits a written certification to Congress that the government of such country— has resolved any unresolved abduction case that gave rise to such specific action; or has taken substantial and verifiable steps to correct such country’s persistent pattern of noncompliance that gave rise to such specific action, as applicable.
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