A bill to require a report on efforts by Venezuelan state actors and transnational criminal organizations to capture and detain United States citizens as hostages.

3.0.0 1519 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z Senate S S 2023-05-10 118 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-10T17:02:01Z A bill to require a report on efforts by Venezuelan state actors and transnational criminal organizations to capture and detain United States citizens as hostages. 118 1428 S 2023-05-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2023-05-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2023-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2023-05-10 True International Affairs International Affairs 2023-05-25T12:45:45Z

00 2023-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2024-05-14T18:21:58Z Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2023This bill requires the Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement a multiyear Western Hemisphere Security Strategy.The strategy must include elements such as (1) a proposal for increasing U.S. bilateral and multilateral security assistance and cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, (2) activities to counter transnational criminal organizations and malign influence from state actors, (3) efforts to expand bilateral and multinational military training exercises with partner countries, (4) humanitarian assistance and disaster relief initiatives, (5) continued support for State Department programs to ensure the safety and rights of women and girls, and (6) a detailed assessment of the resources to carry out the strategy.The bill also requires the State Department to provide technical assistance to partner countries to help them address the long-term implications of investments in strategic sectors by entities controlled by adversarial governments, such as China and Russia.The State Department and DOD must jointly report the strategy to Congress and also provide periodic briefings on the strategy's implementation. The State Department must also report to Congress on efforts by the Maduro regime of Venezuela to detain U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.

Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:22:13Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:40:00Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require a United States security strategy for the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes. 2023-05-24T00:28:50Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1519is/xml/BILLS-118s1519is.xml 2023-05-10 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.