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Code · U.S. Code · Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · CHAPTER 98— INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN · SUBCHAPTER II— ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE · § 9125

§ 9125. 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—
(1)has resolved any unresolved abduction case that gave rise to such specific action; or
(2)has taken substantial and verifiable steps to correct such country’s persistent pattern of noncompliance that gave rise to such specific action, as applicable.
(Pub. L. 113–150, title II, § 205, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1821.)
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