US Congress House Bill 1611 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-04 - Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes various entities and procedures to address the wrongful detainment of U.S. nationals abroad.The President shall appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The envoy's duties shall include leading diplomatic engagement on U.S. hostage policy and coordinating diplomatic engagements in support of hostage recovery efforts. The President shall establish an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which shall assess and track all hostage cases of U.S. nationals and coordinate agency efforts to safely recover hostages. The President shall also establish the Hostage Recovery Group, which shall make recommendations regarding hostage recovery options and coordinate the development and implementation of U.S. hostage recovery policies. The President is authorized to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against any foreign person responsible for or complicit in the unlawful or wrongful detention of a U.S. national abroad. The Department of State shall review cases where U.S. nationals are detained abroad and refer instances of wrongful or unlawful detainment to the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2020-03-04	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-07	House	Introduced in House

SB712 (Same As) 2020-06-18 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1611/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1611/BILLS-116hr1611ih.pdf