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22 U.S.C. 9121: Response to international child abductions

Created in 2014 by Public Law 113-150. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 9123.

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2024Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

2014Pub. L. 113-150created it

22 U.S.C. 9121Response to international child abductions

(a)United States policy

(b)Actions by the Secretary of State in response to unresolved cases

(c)Implementation

(d)Action in the case of abducted children who reach the age of 16

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2024

Pub. L. 118–159 added subsec. (d). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (d)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.