{"data":{"id":"us/22-u.s.c.-9112","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 U.S.C. § 9112","heading":"Standards and assistance","body":"The Secretary of State shall—(1) ensure that United States diplomatic and consular missions abroad—(A) maintain a consistent reporting standard with respect to abduction and access cases; (B) 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 (C) monitor developments in abduction and access cases; and (2) 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.","path":["Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE","CHAPTER 98—INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc22@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:55Z","sha256":"c8801a40727a1ad200dc7791caf4f3089f48764c64761316195f31f5ed999115","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-u.s.c.-9111","next":"us/22-u.s.c.-9113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}