US Congress Senate Bill 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-11-14 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress for 6 years describing prison and detention facility conditions in at least 30 countries receiving U.S. assistance or under U.S. sanction selected as a result of the Secretary's determination that such conditions raise the most serious human rights or humanitarian concerns. Urges the Secretary and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in prisons and other detention facilities. Prohibits such funds from being used to construct new prisons. Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations to achieve the purposes of this Act with a government listed in the report as not making significant compliance efforts. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to restructure or reduce U.S. assistance to such government in order to achieve such purposes. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a full-time equivalent Deputy Assistant Secretary level position to advance the purposes of this Act; and (2) provide training for Foreign Service officers in assessing foreign prison and detention facility conditions.

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013

Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
2013-11-14	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment. Without written report.
2013-04-16	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2013-03-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2013-03-22	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2335-2336)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s657/BILLS-113s657is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s657/BILLS-113s657rs.pdf