3.0.0 5074 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z Senate S 2020-12-19 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-19T23:39:48Z Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 116 133 HR 2020-12-27 Became Public Law No: 116-260. Related bill CRS William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 116 6395 HR 2021-01-02 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act 116 712 S 2020-06-18 Held at the desk. 10:10:54 Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 116 4049 S 2020-08-07 Held at the desk. 10:52:46 Related bill CRS 2020-12-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N International Affairs Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of State Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Due process and equal protection Executive agency funding and structure Foreign property Government information and archives Human rights Intergovernmental relations Sanctions Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2020-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-26T16:58:54Z Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

This bill establishes various entities and procedures to address the wrongful detainment of U.S. nationals abroad.

The President shall appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The envoy's duties shall include leading diplomatic engagement on U.S. hostage policy and coordinating diplomatic engagements in support of hostage recovery efforts.

The President shall establish an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which shall assess and track all hostage cases of U.S. nationals and coordinate agency efforts to safely recover hostages. The President shall also establish the Hostage Recovery Group, which shall make recommendations regarding hostage recovery options and coordinate the development and implementation of U.S. hostage recovery policies.

The President is authorized to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against any foreign person responsible for or complicit in the unlawful or wrongful detention of a U.S. national abroad.

The Department of State shall review cases where U.S. nationals are detained abroad and refer instances of wrongful or unlawful detainment to the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

]]> Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Display Title Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide assistance for United States citizens and nationals taken hostage or unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5074is/xml/BILLS-116s5074is.xml 2020-12-19 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.