3.0.0 559 2019-11-15T21:07:17Z 2019-11-15T21:07:17Z House H HRES 2012-02-17 112 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-02-17T14:02:15Z 2012-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2012-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 N E000291 Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] Renee Ellmers R NC L. 2 2012-03-01 False W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2012-03-01 False International Affairs Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Egypt Foreign aid and international relief Human rights Middle East Political movements and philosophies Sanctions International Affairs 00 2012-02-17 Introduced in House 2012-02-21T19:00:37Z Calls on Egypt to: (1) without delay, release the U.S. citizens who are nongovernmental organization employees facing politically motivated charges; (2) return all assets and funds that have been seized from the nongovernmental organizations and U.S. citizens; and (3) allow the nongovernmental organizations to continue working to promote a free and democratic Egypt.

Calls on the Secretary of State to withhold assistance to Egypt if the U.S. citizens are not released.

Calls on Egypt to comply with international human rights standards.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. assistance for Egypt should not be allocated if the government of Egypt continues to retain U.S. and other foreign citizens and work against the pursuit of democracy.

]]> Calling for the release of United States citizens being held by the Government of Egypt. Display Title Calling for the release of United States citizens being held by the Government of Egypt. Official Title as Introduced Calling for the release of United States citizens being held by the Government of Egypt. Introduced in House 2012-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hres559ih/xml/BILLS-112hres559ih.xml 2012-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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.