3.0.0 1498 2023-01-11T13:28:05Z 2023-01-11T13:28:05Z House HR 2015-03-19 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 47 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUNTER:H.R. 1498.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Artical I Section VIII, Clause XVIII: to make all lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoexecution the foregoing powers and all other powers vested bythis Constitution and the Government of the United States orin any Department or officer thereof.[Page H1805]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-03-19T13:06:50Z 2015-03-19 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2015-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 N Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 0 2015-03-19 True L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 2015-03-19 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2015-03-19 True N000185 Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] Richard Nugent R FL B. 11 2015-03-19 True C001094 Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] Paul Cook R CA 8 2015-03-19 True R000589 Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] E. Rigell R VA Scott 2 2015-03-19 True G000570 Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] Frank Guinta R NH C. 1 2015-03-19 True P000605 Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] Scott Perry R PA 4 2015-03-19 True R000583 Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] Thomas Rooney R FL J. 17 2015-03-24 False K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 2015-03-24 False G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 2015-03-25 False S001154 Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] Bill Shuster R PA 9 2015-04-15 False G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2015-04-21 False G000564 Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] Christopher Gibson R NY P. 19 2015-04-21 False T000475 Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] David Trott R MI A. 11 2015-05-13 False N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2015-06-19 False International Affairs Asia Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Federal officials North Korea Terrorism International Affairs 00 2015-03-19 Introduced in House 2015-04-08T15:43:15Z 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.

]]> Hostage Recovery Improvement Act Display Title Hostage Recovery Improvement Act 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Hostage Recovery Improvement Act Introduced in House 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1498ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1498ih.xml 2015-03-19 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.