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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10168 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10168

   To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking 
    Accountability Act to require the Secretary of State to provide 
 additional information to Congress regarding United States nationals 
                detained abroad, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2024

 Mr. Hill (for himself and Ms. Stevens) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking 
    Accountability Act to require the Secretary of State to provide 
 additional information to Congress regarding United States nationals 
                detained abroad, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Detainee Transparency and 
Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. TIMELINE FOR UNLAWFUL OR WRONGFUL DETENTION DETERMINATIONS.

    Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-
Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(e) Timeline for Unlawful or Wrongful Detention Determinations.--
            ``(1) Credible information determinations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less frequently than every 
                180 days, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of 
                Consular Affairs and the Special Presidential Envoy for 
                Hostage Affairs shall review the cases where there is 
                potential credible information that any United States 
                national is being detained wrongfully and which has 
                been identified through official government channels to 
                both bureaus.
                    ``(B) Report of findings.--Not later than 30 days 
                after each review under subparagraph (A), the Assistant 
                Secretary of State for Consular Affairs and the Special 
                Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs shall jointly 
                submit to Congress a classified report identifying the 
                United States nationals identified as a result of the 
                review in subparagraph (A) detained overseas who have 
                not, as of the date of the report, been determined by 
                the Secretary to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained.
                    ``(C) Notification to family members.--In the case 
                of a United States national detained overseas 
                identified in the report under subparagraph (B), the 
                Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs shall 
                notify a family member (as that term is defined in 
                subsection (d)(8)) or the legal representative of the 
                United States national not later than 30 days after the 
                transmittal of the report required by subparagraph (B).
            ``(2) Status determinations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B) and to the extent practicable, not 
                later than 180 days after the date on which the 
                Secretary of State receives an assessment from the 
                Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs or the 
                head of any other relevant bureau of the Department of 
                State that credible information exists that a United 
                States national is being detained unlawfully or 
                wrongfully, the Secretary shall determine whether the 
                United States national is in fact being unlawfully or 
                wrongfully detained.
                    ``(B) Waiver.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may waive 
                        the requirement under subparagraph (A) to make 
                        an unlawful or wrongful detention determination 
                        if the Secretary--
                                    ``(I) determines that making such a 
                                determination may jeopardize the safety 
                                or interests of the United States 
                                national being detained abroad or the 
                                national security interests of the 
                                United States; and
                                    ``(II) submits to Congress a 
                                classified report describing the 
                                reasons for the waiver.
                            ``(ii) Timing.--A waiver under clause (i) 
                        shall expire on the date that is 180 days after 
                        the date on which the Secretary submits the 
                        report on the waiver to Congress pursuant to 
                        clause (i)(II).
                            ``(iii) Renewal.--The Secretary may renew a 
                        waiver granted pursuant to clause (i) in the 
                        manner provided under such clause.''.
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