3.0.0 6153 2023-01-11T13:21:35Z 2023-01-11T13:21:35Z House H HR 2010-09-16 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-09-16T14:07:20Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-09-16T14:07:15Z Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 111 3798 S 2010-12-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724. Identical bill CRS 2010-09-16 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-09-16 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-16 Referred to House Foreign Affairs IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2010-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000210 Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10] Bill Delahunt D MA 10 N P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2010-09-16 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2010-11-15 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2010-11-15 False C001060 Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3] Russ Carnahan D MO 3 2010-12-07 False 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 Sanctions Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2010-09-16 Introduced in House 2010-11-17T14:28:14Z 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.

]]> Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 Display Title Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To authorize appropriations of United States assistance to help eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet minimum humane standards of health, sanitation, and safety, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6153ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6153ih.xml 2010-09-16 Referred to House Judiciary text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.