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.