Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 19, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
This bill 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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Dec 19, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 133 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 | Related bill | Dec 27, 2020 |
| S 712 | Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act | Related bill | Jun 18, 2020 |
| S 4049 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 | Related bill | Aug 7, 2020 |
| HR 6395 | William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 | Related bill | Jan 2, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Due process and equal protection
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- International Affairs
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
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