Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/659a
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U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 7 › Subchapter IV › Part D › § 659a
42 U.S. Code § 659a - International support enforcement
§ 659a.
(2) RevocationA declaration with respect to a foreign country made pursuant to paragraph (1) may be revoked if the Secretaries of State and Health and Human Services determine that—
(1) Mandatory elementsSupport enforcement procedures of a foreign country which may be the subject of a declaration pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall include the following elements:
(A) The foreign country (or political subdivision thereof) has in effect procedures, available to residents of the United States—
(C) An agency of the foreign country is designated as a Central Authority responsible for—
(c) Designation of United States Central AuthorityIt shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to facilitate support enforcement in cases involving residents of the United States and residents of foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty countries, by activities including—
(e) ReferencesIn this part:
The term “foreign reciprocating country” means a foreign country (or political subdivision thereof) with respect to which the Secretary has made a declaration pursuant to subsection (a).
The term “foreign treaty country” means a foreign country for which the 2007 Family Maintenance Convention is in force.
The term “2007 Family Maintenance Convention” means the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 459A, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title III, § 371(a), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2252; amended Pub. L. 113–183, title III, § 301(d), Sept. 29, 2014, 128 Stat. 1944.)
2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–183, § 301(d)(2)(A), substituted “foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty countries” for “foreign countries that are the subject of a declaration under this section” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 113–183, § 301(d)(2)(B), inserted “and foreign treaty countries” after “foreign reciprocating countries”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–183, § 301(d)(3), substituted “foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty countries” for “the subject of a declaration pursuant to subsection (a)”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–183, § 301(d)(1), added subsec. (e).
Sec. 2. Designation of State IV–D Child Support Agencies. The Central Authority may designate the State agencies responsible for implementing an approved State Plan under title IV–D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 651et seq., as public bodies authorized to perform specific functions in relation to applications under the Convention.
45 CFR Part 301 - STATE PLAN APPROVAL AND GRANT PROCEDURES
45 CFR Part 303 - STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM OPERATIONS