118th Congress International Affairs
H.R. 4478: Freeing Americans Detained Abroad Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires the Department of State to dedicate resources to assist U.S. citizens detained or kidnapped overseas. The State Department must
- 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;
- train all Foreign Service officers posted overseas on identifying and assisting detained and arbitrarily detained U.S. citizens; and
- designate at least one Foreign Service officer at each overseas diplomatic or consular post as a hostage affairs officer.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Ed Case D-HI
- Claudia Tenney R-NY
- Nancy Mace R-SC
- Cory Mills R-FL
- Nicolas LaLota R-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Michael Cloud SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Michael Cloud.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.