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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 5340 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide the United States Government with additional tools to deter state and non-state actors from wrongfully det... · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Declarations of invalidity

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Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1741 ), as amended by sections 201 and 202, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Upon the release of a United States national taken hostage or determined to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad and the return of that national, the President shall issue to that national a letter, to be known as a declaration of invalidity , that officially declares the detention abroad of the national as invalid for the purpose of completing any documentation that warrants a background investigation or review of prior offenses, such as a conviction. .
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