Hostages Federal Bill Topic

71 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 23. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th

71 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 61–71, newest first.

Bill	Title	Congress	Latest action
HCONRES 89	Mourning the death of Ron Sander at the hands of terrorist kidnappers in Ecuador and welcoming the release from captivity of Arnie Alford, Steve Derry, Jason Weber, and David Bradley, and supporting efforts by the United States to combat such terrorism.	107th	August 3, 2001
HR 1747	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest.	107th	May 30, 2001
HRES 191	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should immediately transfer to the Israeli Government an unedited and uncensored videotape that contains images which could provide material evidence for the investigation into the incident on October 7, 2000, when Hezbollah forces abducted 3 Israeli Defense Force soldiers, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, and Omar Souad.	107th	July 30, 2001
HRES 99	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.	107th	June 25, 2001
S 1877	A bill to clarify and reaffirm a cause of action and Federal court jurisdiction for certain claims against the Government of Iran.	107th	December 20, 2001
S 191	Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2001	107th	January 25, 2001
S 45	A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force under wartime conditions.	107th	January 22, 2001
SCONRES 35	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and Iran should allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad, and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.	107th	June 20, 2001
SRES 351	A resolution condemning the posting on the Internet of video and pictures of the murder of Daniel Pearl and calling on such video and pictures to be removed immediately.	107th	October 17, 2002
SRES 246	A resolution demanding the return of the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy.	107th	April 18, 2002
SRES 212	A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate to the family of Daniel Pearl.	107th	February 26, 2002

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.