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H.R. 10255 118th Congress House

Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2024

Official title: To provide the United States Government with additional tools to deter state and non-state actors from wrongfully detaining United States nationals for political leverage, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 22, 2024 Introduced by: Haley M. Stevens Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Nov 22, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 22, 2024
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 Latest action November 22, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 5340 Identical bill Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2024
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Nov 22, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 10255: Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10255/
MLA
"H.R. 10255: Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10255/.
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H.R. 10255, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10255/.
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