22 CFR 94.3
§ 94.3 Functions of the Central Authority.
United States · 22 CFR — Foreign Relations · Status: effective
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- 22 CFR 94.3, § 94.3 Functions of the Central Authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/93203
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The U.S. Central Authority shall cooperate with the Central Authorities of other countries party to the Convention and promote cooperation by appropriate U.S. state authorities to secure the prompt location and return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any Contracting State, to ensure that rights of custody and access under the laws of one Contracting State are effectively respected in the other Contracting States, and to achieve the other objects of the Convention. In performing its functions, the U.S. Central Authority may receive from, or transmit to, any department, agency, or instrumentality of the federal government, or of any state or foreign government, information necessary to locate a child or for the purpose of otherwise implementing the Convention with respect to a child.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.