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A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other…

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A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 23, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jun 23, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Jun 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator, who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. persons held hostage outside the United States by hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.

What's happening now June 23, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2877 Identical bill To designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are h…
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jun 23, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jun 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1652: A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1652/
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"S. 1652: A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1652/.
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S. 1652, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1652/.
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[S. 1652: A bill to designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1652/)
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