<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id1ab0026a-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241"><num value="241">§ 241.</num><heading> Prevention of international child abduction</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id1ab0026b-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> Program established</heading><chapeau>The Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred to in this section as “CBP”), in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall establish a program that—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1ab0026c-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/a/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> seeks to prevent a child (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s1204/b/1">section 1204(b)(1) of title 18</ref>) from departing from the territory of the United States if a parent or legal guardian of such child presents a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting the removal of such child from the United States to a CBP Officer in sufficient time to prevent such departure for the duration of such court order; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1ab0026d-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/a/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> leverages other existing authorities and processes to address the wrongful removal and return of a child.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id1ab0026e-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Interagency coordination</heading><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1ab0026f-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/1"><num value="1" class="bold">(1)</num><heading class="bold"> In general</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of State shall convene and chair an interagency working group to prevent international parental child abduction. The group shall be composed of presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed officials from—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id1ab00270-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/1/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> the Department of State;</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id1ab00271-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/1/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id1ab00272-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/1/C"><num value="C">(C)</num><content> the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1ab00273-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/2"><num value="2" class="bold">(2)</num><heading class="bold"> Department of Defense</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official within the Department of Defense—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id1ab00274-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/2/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> to coordinate with the Department of State on international child abduction issues; and</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id1ab00275-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s241/b/2/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> to oversee activities designed to prevent or resolve international child abduction cases relating to active duty military service members.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id1ab00276-a3d3-11e9-be6e-e752deae1f00">(<ref href="/us/pl/107/296/tIV/s433">Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 433</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/113/150/tIII/s301/a">Pub. L. 113–150, title III, § 301(a)</ref>, <date date="2014-08-08">Aug. 8, 2014</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/128/1822">128 Stat. 1822</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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