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H. R. 9830 — 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.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:593
H.R. 9830, titled the “Fair Credit for American Hostages Act,” proposes changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It aims to prevent credit reporting agencies from including negative information in credit reports that result from a person being unlawfully or wrongfully...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9830 wants to make sure that if someone is unfairly kept in another country, the bad things that happen to them there, like missing bills, don't make their credit look bad back home. This means credit agencies can't tell others about these bad things if they happened when the person wasn't at fault.
S. 5543 — 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:Considered and Passed Senate
Congress:118
Words:599
S. 5543 aims to change the Fair Credit Reporting Act to protect individuals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or taken hostage by ensuring that negative information from that period isn't included in their credit reports. The bill specifies that such individuals,...
Simple Explanation
S. 5543 is a rule to help people who were unfairly put in jail or held by bad guys in another country. It stops bad news from that time from showing up on their credit report, which is like a report card for money.
H. R. 23 — An Act To impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.
January 09, 2025
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:119
Words:2,441
H. R. 23, titled the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,” aims to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it attempts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute U.S. nationals or its allies' nationals, unless those countries have consented to ICC's...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 23 is a bill that says the U.S. will stop giving money to a group called the International Criminal Court and will not let them investigate or arrest people from the U.S. or its friends unless those countries say it's okay. If they try, the U.S. might stop people helping the Court from coming into the country or using their stuff here.
S. 5010 — To amend the Social Security Act to provide retirement security to United States nationals who were unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad.
September 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:937
The bill, known as the “Retirement Security for American Hostages Act,” aims to amend the Social Security Act to support U.S. nationals who have been unlawfully detained or held hostage abroad. It proposes that these individuals be credited with deemed wages during the time they were detained...
Simple Explanation
The Retirement Security for American Hostages Act helps people from the U.S. who were taken against their will in other countries by making sure they get credit for working while they were stuck, so they don’t miss out on retirement money later on.
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.
H. R. 8039 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish immigration and residency requirements for individuals served by Federal TRIO programs, and for other purposes.
April 17, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:913
H.R. 8039, known as the "American Students First Act," proposes changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding who can participate in Federal TRIO programs, which are designed to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. It establishes that only specific groups,...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to make sure that only certain groups of people, like U.S. citizens and some other specific types of residents, can join a special government school help program called TRIO. It says that nobody can change these rules to let other people join.
H. R. 10168 — To amend the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act to require the Secretary of State to provide additional information to Congress regarding United States nationals detained abroad, and for other purposes.
November 19, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:732
H.R. 10168, known as the "American Detainee Transparency and Recovery Act," proposes changes to the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. This bill requires the Secretary of State to regularly review the detention status of U.S. nationals overseas and report...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 10168 is about making sure the U.S. government pays close attention to Americans who are in trouble in other countries and tells Congress what's happening every 6 months. If someone is stuck unfairly, their families should be told, but sometimes this might take longer if there's a safety worry.

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