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US HR368
Resolution
Status
5/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joaquin Castro
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AI Summary
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Secretary of State must submit a statement on El Salvador's human rights practices to Congress within 30 days of resolution adoption, prepared with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser
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Statement must address alleged human rights violations including torture and inhumane treatment of detainees, forced disappearances, transnational repression, denial of due process, and treatment of foreign nationals detained in El Salvador
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Requires assessment of conditions at El Salvador's CECOT prison facility, including allegations of torture and gross human rights violations
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Must describe U.S. actions to secure release of detained American citizens or residents in compliance with U.S. court orders and to protect Americans from unlawful rendition or trafficking to El Salvador
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Requires evaluation of whether U.S. security assistance to El Salvador could support activities involving rendition, trafficking, or detention of non-Salvadoran nationals
Legislative Description
Requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
5/1/2025