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S. 1478 119th Congress Senate

Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to provide the United States Government with additional tools to deter state and non-state actors from wrongfully detaining United States nationals for … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: James E. Risch Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 94.
Jun 18, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 5, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now June 18, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 94.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ROBLOX CORPORATION
    for ROBLOX CORPORATION · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • INTERNET WORKS
    for INTERNET WORKS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • INTERNET WORKS
    for INTERNET WORKS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • ROBLOX CORPORATION
    for ROBLOX CORPORATION · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • INTERNET WORKS
    for INTERNET WORKS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • ROBLOX CORPORATION
    for ROBLOX CORPORATION · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Dec 18, 2025
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Apr 10, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1478: Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1478/
MLA
"S. 1478: Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1478/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1478, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1478/.
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[S. 1478: Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1478/)
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