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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10168 
To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Ac-
countability Act to require the Secretary of State to provide additional 
information to Congress regarding United States nationals detained 
abroad, and for other purposes. 
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 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hos-
tage-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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. TIMELINE FOR UNLAWFUL OR WRONGFUL DETEN-
TION DETERMINATIONS. 
Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov-
ery 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 DE-
TENTION DETERMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CREDIBLE
INFORMATION
DETERMINA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(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 na-
tional 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 subpara-
graph (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 over-
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seas who have not, as of the date of the report, 
been determined by the Secretary to be unlaw-
fully or wrongfully detained. 
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION
TO
FAMILY
MEM-
BERS.—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 subpara-
graph (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 Hos-
tage 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 
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States national is in fact being unlawfully or 
wrongfully detained. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may waive the requirement under subpara-
graph (A) to make an unlawful or wrong-
ful detention determination if the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(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 clas-
sified 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 Con-
gress pursuant to clause (i)(II). 
‘‘(iii) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may 
renew a waiver granted pursuant to clause 
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(i) in the manner provided under such 
clause.’’. 
Æ 
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