United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1498 (114th)
Hostage Recovery Improvement Act
Introduced
19 March 2015
Last action
19 March 2015 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sponsors
Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50], Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9], Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11], Paul Cook, Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2], Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1], Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10], Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17], Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2], Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], David Trott, Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Hostage Recovery Improvement Act This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. citizens who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism. The Coordinator shall establish a federal task force with respect to each hostage situation, and report quarterly on each one. It is the sense of Congress that the Coordinator should develop and pursue an entire range of options with respect to each hostage situation, including kinetic and non-kinetic options.
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Timeline
19 March 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
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Sponsors
- Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] · R · Sponsor
- Paul Cook · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · R · Cosponsor
- David Trott · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1498
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1498
- us · 114-hr-1498 · source updated 12 August 2025