# 2025-17509: Biden's Bold Move: Naming Nations as Wrongful Detention Sponsors 2025-17509, Strengthening Efforts To Protect U.S. Nationals From Wrongful Detention Abroad, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-09-10, effective 2025-09-05 (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-17509 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-17509 - Title: Strengthening Efforts To Protect U.S. Nationals From Wrongful Detention Abroad - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 43895 - Published: 2025-09-10 - Effective: 2025-09-05 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-03 ## In one line Biden's Bold Move: Naming Nations as Wrongful Detention Sponsors ## Summary The U.S. is stepping up to protect Americans wrongfully held in other countries by naming and punishing those nations that support or ignore these unfair detentions. This new plan lets the government label such countries as 'State Sponsors of Wrongful Detention' and use all legal tools to fight back. Starting now, this means stronger actions and faster responses to keep Americans safe abroad without delay or extra cost to taxpayers. ## Effects PRIA read - New 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention' Tool: benefit, medium. The Secretary of State may designate a foreign country as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention" under criteria in section 2 (including wrongful detention occurring in the country, failure to release a wrongfully detained U.S. national after notice, or government responsibility or material support… - U.S. Passport Travel Restrictions: cost, low. The Secretary of State may impose geographic travel restrictions that prohibit use of a United States passport for travel to or through a designated country, citing 22 U.S.C. 211a, Executive Order 11295, and 22 CFR 51.63(a)(3). - Visa and Inadmissibility Measures: cost, low. The order authorizes applying inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and making designations under section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (as carried forward), to respond to governments… - Sanctions and Export Controls for Designated Countries: cost, medium. Upon designation, the Secretary of State shall review and may implement actions including sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), restricting U.S. assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and restricting exports under th… - Order Applies to Nonrecognized Controlling Entities: cost, low. The order extends its provisions that refer to a foreign government to an entity exercising control over most or all of a country's territory, regardless of whether that entity has been recognized as the government, to the extent permitted by law. - How Designations Can Be Ended: benefit, low. 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