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Bill113th CongressFiled Mar 22, 2013International Affairs
S. 657

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013

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What it doesSummary reported to senate without amendment (Nov 14, 2013)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress for 6 years describing prison and detention facility conditions in at least 30 countries receiving U.S. assistance or under U.S. sanction selected as a result of the Secretary's determination that such conditions raise the most serious human rights or humanitarian concerns.

Urges the Secretary and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in prisons and other detention facilities. Prohibits such funds from being used to construct new prisons.

Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations to achieve the purposes of this Act with a government listed in the report as not making significant compliance efforts. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to restructure or reduce U.S. assistance to such government in order to achieve such purposes.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a full-time equivalent Deputy Assistant Secretary level position to advance the purposes of this Act; and (2) provide training for Foreign Service officers in assessing foreign prison and detention facility conditions.

What just happenedNov 14, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.

Who’s behind it

Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT](D-VT)Sponsor
1 cosponsor1 R
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  • Reported to SenateNov 14, 2013
  • Introduced in SenateMar 22, 2013
  1. Nov 14, 2013Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.

  2. Nov 14, 2013Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment. Without written report.

  3. Nov 14, 2013Committee14000

    Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment. Without written report.

  4. Apr 16, 2013Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. Mar 22, 2013IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

  6. Mar 22, 2013IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2335-2336)

  7. Mar 22, 2013IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Reported to Senate without amendmentNov 14, 201380

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress for 6 years describing prison and detention facility conditions in at least 30 countries receiving U.S. assistance or under U.S. sanction selected as a result of the Secretary's determination that such conditions raise the most serious human rights or humanitarian concerns.

Urges the Secretary and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in prisons and other detention facilities. Prohibits such funds from being used to construct new prisons.

Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations to achieve the purposes of this Act with a government listed in the report as not making significant compliance efforts. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to restructure or reduce U.S. assistance to such government in order to achieve such purposes.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a full-time equivalent Deputy Assistant Secretary level position to advance the purposes of this Act; and (2) provide training for Foreign Service officers in assessing foreign prison and detention facility conditions.

Introduced in SenateMar 22, 2013

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress for 6 years describing prison and detention facility conditions in at least 30 countries receiving U.S. assistance or under U.S. sanction selected as a result of the Secretary's determination that such conditions raise the most serious human rights or humanitarian concerns.

Urges the Secretary and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in prisons and other detention facilities. Prohibits such funds from being used to construct new prisons.

Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations to achieve the purposes of this Act with a government listed in the report as not making significant compliance efforts. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to restructure or reduce U.S. assistance to such government in order to achieve such purposes.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a full-time equivalent Deputy Assistant Secretary level position to advance the purposes of this Act; and (2) provide training for Foreign Service officers in assessing foreign prison and detention facility conditions.

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013 — Informed