Sec. 8. Preventing wrongful detentions
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, which was established by section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1741a ), conducts crucially important work to bring home United States citizens who are wrongfully detained, including successfully securing the release from the Russian Federation of United States citizens Trevor Reed, Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva; due to the coordinated efforts of the United States, Germany, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, and Türkiye, allied governments successfully secured the release of American citizens, American nationals, German citizens, and Russian dissidents, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov, Oleg Orlov, Lilia Chanysheva, Ksenia Fadeyeva, and Vadim Ostanin; the United States should continue to advocate for the release of Russian political prisoners, Belarusian political prisoners, and Ukrainian hostages held in Russian and Belarusian jails, including by working creatively with allies and partners to expedite their release;
United States citizens should not travel to the Russian Federation or other countries with a history of wrongfully detaining United States citizens in an attempt to gain leverage over the United States; and the Russian Federation should meet the basic needs and respect the human rights of all United States citizens in its custody. Section 44907 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law and without regard to whether the Secretary of Transportation conducts an assessment pursuant to subsection (a), takes another action pursuant to this section, or provides other notice pursuant to this section, each air carrier and foreign air carrier that provides passenger air transportation between the United States and the Russian Federation, and any online marketplace selling such passenger air transportation, shall, when issuing a ticket to a passenger for any travel itinerary that begins in the United States and concludes in, has a connecting flight within, or passes through the Russian Federation— provide a warning about the history of the Russian Federation wrongfully detaining United States citizens and citizens of other countries; and obtain an acknowledgment from each such passenger that the passenger understands the risk of possible wrongful detention for any travel itinerary that concludes in, has a connecting flight within, or passes through the Russian Federation. .
Section 44938(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (9), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(10)as paragraph (11); and by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: an assessment of the activities carried out under section 44907(g) of this title; and . The amendments made by paragraphs
(1)and
(2)shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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