95-11835. Office of Overseas Citizens Services; International Child Abduction

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11835]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 94

[Public Notice 2201]


Office of Overseas Citizens Services; International Child 
Abduction

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Abduction Convention 
has been changed from the Office of Citizens Consular Services to the 
Office of Children's Issues.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beth H. Cooper, Office, Office of Policy Review and Interagency 
Liaison, Overseas Citizens Services, tele: [phone], fax: (202) 
647-6201.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 94

    Infants and Children, Treaties.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 22 CFR part 94 is amended 
as follows:

PART 94--INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

    1. The authority citation for 22 CFR Part 94 continues to read as 
follows:


    Authority: Hauge Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abduction: The federal ``International Child 
Abduction Remedies Act,'' Pub. L. 100-300.

    2. Section 94.2 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 94.2  Designation of central authority.

    The Office of Children's Issues in the Bureau of Consular Affairs 
is designated as the U.S. Central Authority to discharge the duties 
which are imposed by the Convention and the International Child 
Abduction Remedies Act upon such authorities.

    Dated: April 28, 1995.
Mary A. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-11835 Filed 5-12-95; 8:45 am]
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