---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1741c–1"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1741c–1"
heading: "Report on strategies for reducing likelihood of United States nationals being unlawfully or wrongfully detained or taken hostage"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1741c-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Protection of Citizens Abroad"
  - "Subchapter II — Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability"
---

# §1741c–1. Report on strategies for reducing likelihood of United States nationals being unlawfully or wrongfully detained or taken hostage


Not later than 60 days after December 23, 2024, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, in coordination with the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, the Hostage Response Group, and relevant agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the President and Congress a classified report that identifies and recommends options and strategies to reduce the likelihood of [United States nationals](/usc/22/1741e.md?p=2) being unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or taken hostage.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title III, § 305A, as added Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVII, § 7702, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2553.)