3.0.0 4478 2025-05-27T14:13:08Z 2025-05-27T14:13:08Z House H HR 2023-07-06 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 116 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CLOUD:H.R. 4478.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 ofthe United States Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:To reform practices and policies within the StateDepartment as it relates to cases of U.S. citizens beingarbitraritly detained abroad.[Page H3172]</pre> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:00:20Z 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001115 Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] Michael Cloud R TX 27 N C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2023-07-13 False T000478 Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] Claudia Tenney R NY 24 2023-07-24 False M000194 Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] Nancy Mace R SC 1 2023-07-25 False M001216 Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] Cory Mills R FL 7 2023-09-12 False L000598 Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] Nick LaLota R NY 1 2024-01-31 False International Affairs International Affairs 2023-08-23T14:45:19Z

00 2023-07-06 Introduced in House 2023-11-13T19:31:36Z <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b>Freeing Americans Detained Abroad Act</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">This bill requires the Department of State to dedicate resources to assist U.S. citizens detained or kidnapped overseas. The State Department must</p> <ul> <li>display, on a public website, a list of resources (including legal services offered pro bono or with payment) that U.S. citizens detained or kidnapped overseas may be eligible to receive;</li> <li>train all Foreign Service officers posted overseas on identifying and assisting detained and arbitrarily detained U.S. citizens; and</li> <li>designate at least one Foreign Service officer at each overseas diplomatic or consular post as a hostage affairs officer. </li> </ul>

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