US Congress House Bill 6292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2012 or Jacob's Law of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of State to submit a semiannnual report to Congress for five years that identifies: (1) U.S. citizens imprisoned in foreign countries whose fundamental due process and human rights are being violated, (2) the due process and human rights violations that are being committed against such U.S. citizens, and (3) the government officials who are responsible for such violations or who are not fulfilling their official responsibility to protect such rights. Prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing any visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from permitting entry to the United States of, any such identified official and his or her immediate family members. Makes such ban permanent if an identified U.S. citizen dies while in foreign custody.

Jacob's Law of 2012

Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Turner [R-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2012-08-03	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1430-1431)
2012-08-02	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-08-02	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-08-02	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6292/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6292/BILLS-112hr6292ih.pdf