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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1778 (Introduced in House) — To mandate training of members of the Foreign Service to protect the rights of United States citizens in the custody... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Definitions

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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. The term immediate family members means a spouse, daughter or son regardless of age, parent, brother, sister, and fiancé or fiancée. The term international standards means standards specified in international agreements to which the country concerned is a party, taking into account any applicable reservations.
The term in the custody of a foreign government means to be incarcerated, under house arrest, or otherwise deprived of one’s liberty, including through the refusal of permission to leave the country concerned, by the government of such country.
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