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Sep 19, 2012To eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet primary indicators of health, sanitation, and safety, and for other purposes.
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Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress for 5 years describing prison and detention facility conditions in at least 30 countries receiving U.S. assistance or under U.S. sanction selected as a result of the Secretary's determination that such conditions raise the most serious human rights or humanitarian concerns. ...
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Introduced(9/19/12)
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Mr. Smith
House (R) New Jersey – 4
Cosponsors (1)
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 19, 2012