SAFE Act

Bill: 119-hr-3615
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2025-05-26
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3615 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2025 Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds to pay foreign governments and entities for the detention of certain individuals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Aid for Foreign Expulsion Act or the SAFE Act . 2. Prohibition on obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain detentions of individuals (a) In general No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to, directly or indirectly, pay a foreign government, agency of a foreign government, or foreign entity for the detention of an individual, if a court of the United States has determined that such detention violates the laws of the United States. (b) Foreign entity defined In this section, the term foreign entity means an entity not organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States.