Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 11611 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 11611 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, title XXVIII, Sec. 2803, Oct. 21, 1998,
112 Stat. 2681-846; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div.
A, title II, Sec. 202], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-420;
Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title II, Sec. 212, Sept. 30, 2002, 116
Stat. 1365.)
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, and also as part of
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 and the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999, and not as part of the International Child Abduction Remedies
Act which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 11601 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-228 struck out "during the period
ending September 30, 2001" after "every 12 months thereafter" in
introductory provisions.
1999 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A,
title II, Sec. 202(1)], substituted "2001," for "1999," in first
sentence of introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title
II, Sec. 202(2)], substituted "applicants in the United States" for
"United States citizens".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title
II, Sec. 202(3)], substituted "abducted, are being wrongfully
retained in violation of United States court orders, or which have
failed to comply with any of their obligations under such
convention with respect to applications for the return of children,
access to children, or both, submitted by applicants in the United
States" for "abducted".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title
II, Sec. 202(4)], substituted "children, access to children, or
both," for "children" and "applicants in the United States" for
"United States citizens".
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title
II, Sec. 202(5)], inserted ", including the specific actions taken
by the United States chief of mission in the country to which the
child is alleged to have been abducted" before period at end.
Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A,
title II, Sec. 202(6)], added pars. (6) and (7).