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22 U.S.C. 9122: Actions by the Secretary of State in response to patterns of noncompliance in cases of 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.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 9111, 22 U.S.C. 9121, 22 U.S.C. 9123, 22 U.S.C. 9124, 22 U.S.C. 9141.

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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. 9122Actions by the Secretary of State in response to patterns of noncompliance in cases of international child abductions

(a)Response to a pattern of noncompliance

(b)Determination of countries with patterns of noncompliance in cases of international child abduction

(c)Actions by the Secretary of State with respect to a country with a pattern of noncompliance

(d)Description of actions by the Secretary of State in Hague Abduction Convention countries

(e)Commensurate action

(f)Resolution

(g)Humanitarian exception

(h)Study of international parental child abduction

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

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2024

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

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.