A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 2877 2023-01-11T13:30:51Z 2023-01-11T13:30:51Z House HR 2015-06-24 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUNTER:H.R. 2877.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII[Page H4651]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-06-24T14:00:05Z A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. 114 1652 S 2015-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Identical bill CRS 2015-06-24 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2015-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 N D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 2015-06-24 True J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2015-09-24 False International Affairs Asia Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials North Korea Terrorism International Affairs

00 2015-06-24 Introduced in House 2015-11-23T18:25:58Z 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. persons held hostage outside the United States by hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.

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To designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. Display Title To designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2877ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2877ih.xml 2015-06-24 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.