Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010
Latest action · Dec 21, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to annually report to Congress describing prison and detention facility conditions in countries receiving U.S. assistance, including a list of countries whose governments do not meet minimum prison and detention facility standards but are, and those who are not, making significant compliance efforts.
Urges the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance to countries whose governments do not meet such minimum standards but are making significant compliance efforts. 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 in order to achieve such purposes: (1) the Secretary and the Administrator to restructure or reduce U.S. assistance to such government; and (2) the Secretary to issue or deny visas for U.S. travel by officials of such government.
Directs the Secretary to 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.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 16, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Sep 16, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 21, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724.
- Dec 14, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 16, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Sep 16, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6153 | Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 | Identical bill | Sep 16, 2010 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2010Reported to Senate
- Sep 16, 2010Introduced in Senate
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