3.0.0 2776 2022-11-01T04:47:39Z 2022-11-01T04:47:39Z Senate S 2019-11-05 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-05T16:46:29Z 2019-11-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-11-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-11-05 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2019-11-05 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign property Human rights Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sanctions Terrorism Visas and passports War and emergency powers War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2019-11-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-01T15:20:19Z Global Hostage Act of 2019

This bill directs the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals or entities that knowingly participate in or are complicit in politically motivated harassment, abuse, arrest or imprisonment of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The sanctions also apply to those that materially assist or support such actions and those that provide significant support to an individual or entity sanctioned under this bill.

]]> Global Hostage Act of 2019 Display Title Global Hostage Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Global Hostage Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons who engage in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2776is/xml/BILLS-116s2776is.xml 2019-11-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.