United States · Bill · S
S. 657 (113th)
Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013
Introduced
22 March 2013
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
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Summary
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.
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Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 14 November 2013
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 14 November 2013
Reported to Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 14 November 2013
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 March 2013
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 March 2013
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 March 2013
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/657
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/657