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Global Hostage Act of 2019

Introduced: November 5, 2019 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Global Hostage Act of 2019

This bill directs the President to impose property- and visa-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. The sanctions 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.

What's happening now November 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Nov 5, 2019
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Nov 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2776: Global Hostage Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2776/
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"S. 2776: Global Hostage Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2776/.
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S. 2776, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2776/.
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