Hostage Recovery Improvement Act
Latest action · Mar 19, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hostage Recovery Improvement Act
This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. citizens who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.
The Coordinator shall establish a federal task force with respect to each hostage situation, and report quarterly on each one.
It is the sense of Congress that the Coordinator should develop and pursue an entire range of options with respect to each hostage situation, including kinetic and non-kinetic options.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2015 to Jun 19, 2015; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-NH | Frank C. Guinta | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 19, 2015 |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | May 13, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jun 19, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 47, March 19, 2015, page H1805.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10286 | U.S. Hostage Policy: Recent Developments Archived | Resource | Aug 31, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the President to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States citizens who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hostage Recovery Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House
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