Sec. 9. Briefing on steps to free Austin Tice and repatriate American remains from Syria
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Congress finds the following: Austin Tice, an American journalist, was kidnaped on August 14, 2012. Majd Kamalmaz, an American psychotherapist, was detained by the Assad regime in February 2017, and subsequently murdered in captivity by the Assad regime. Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, 2 American aid workers, and James Foley and Steven Sotloff, 2 American journalists, were all United States citizens who were murdered in Syria while being held in captivity by the Islamic State.
It is the Sense of Congress that the United States Government should take all necessary steps— to secure the release of Austin Tice and other Americans unjustly detained in Syria; and to secure the return of the remains of Majd Kamalmaz, Kayla Mueller, James Foley, Peter Kassig, and Steven Sotloff. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the President shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding— efforts by the United States Government— to secure the release of Austin Tice and other unjustly detained Americans in Syria; and to secure the return of the remains of Majd Kamalmaz, Kayla Mueller, James Foley, Peter Kassig, Steven Sotloff, and other United States nationals killed in captivity in Syria; and the steps the United States Government is taking to keep the families of such persons informed of its efforts to secure the release of such persons or the return of their remains.