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title: "22 U.S.C. § 9123"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "98"
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION AND RETURN"
section: "9123"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9123"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 9123 - Consultations with foreign governments

## Text

As soon as practicable after the Secretary of State makes a determination under section 9121 of this title in response to a failure to resolve unresolved abduction cases or the Secretary takes an action under subsection (d) or (e) of section 9122 of this title, based on a pattern of noncompliance, the Secretary shall request consultations with the government of such country regarding the situation giving rise to such determination.

(Pub. L. 113–150, title II, § 203, Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1820.)