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H. RES. 1348 — Urging the Government of Nigeria to immediately release Tigran Gambaryan from imprisonment.
July 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:361
H. RES. 1348 is a resolution urging the Government of Nigeria to immediately release Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and former Federal agent, from imprisonment. The resolution highlights that he was wrongfully detained in Nigeria and calls upon the U.S. Government to use...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 1348 is a message from the U.S. government asking Nigeria to let a person named Tigran go home because they think he was put in jail unfairly. They also want Nigeria to treat him well and let him talk to his family and doctors.
H. R. 9763 — To provide for a limitation on funds for Afghanistan.
September 23, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:569
H.R. 9763, named the “No Funding Without Freedom Act,” limits U.S. government funding for Afghanistan unless the Secretary of State certifies that all unlawfully or wrongfully detained U.S. nationals in Afghanistan have been released. The President can waive this funding limitation if it...
Simple Explanation
The bill says the U.S. cannot give money to help Afghanistan until all Americans who are being held there wrongly are set free, but the President can still help if it might get someone free, as long as he tells Congress why.
H. R. 9976 — To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act to establish a designation of state sponsor of wrongful or unlawful, and for other purposes.
October 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,219
H.R. 9976 aims to amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act by creating a new category for states that support wrongful or unlawful detention. This bill allows the Secretary of State to designate countries that repeatedly detain U.S....
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9976 is like a rulebook that helps the U.S. decide if a country is being mean by keeping American people they shouldn’t, and if they are, the U.S. can put them in timeout like taking away their goodies or not being friends with them anymore.
S. 5543 — An Act To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports containing adverse items of information about a consumer that resulted from that consumer being unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad.
December 16, 2024
Status:Engrossed in Senate
Congress:118
Words:572
S. 5543 aims to ensure fair credit reports for U.S. nationals who have been unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage. It amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from including negative information in a consumer's report if...
Simple Explanation
S. 5543 is a bill that helps people have better credit scores if they got into money problems while being unfairly locked up in another country. It makes sure that the report about their money problems doesn't say bad things about them because of that situation.

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