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Global Hostage Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1164| Senate 
| Updated: 4/15/2021
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (3)
Rick Scott (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Global Hostage Act of 2021 This bill directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals or entities that knowingly participate in or are complicit in politically motivated harassment, abuse, arrest, or imprisonment of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. These sanctions shall also apply to those that materially assist or support such actions and those that provide significant support to an individual or entity sanctioned under this bill.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2776
Global Hostage Act of 2019
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 15, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2776
    Global Hostage Act of 2019


  • April 15, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 15, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Congressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign propertyHuman rightsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTerrorismVisas and passportsWar and emergency powers

Global Hostage Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1164| Senate 
| Updated: 4/15/2021
Global Hostage Act of 2021 This bill directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals or entities that knowingly participate in or are complicit in politically motivated harassment, abuse, arrest, or imprisonment of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. These sanctions shall also apply to those that materially assist or support such actions and those that provide significant support to an individual or entity sanctioned under this bill.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2776
Global Hostage Act of 2019
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 15, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2776
    Global Hostage Act of 2019


  • April 15, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 15, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (3)
Rick Scott (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign propertyHuman rightsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTerrorismVisas and passportsWar and emergency powers