# 114-hr-5285: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include information on the institutionalization of children and the subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons, and for other purposes.

114-hr-5285, To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include information on the institutionalization of children and the subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons, and for other purposes., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5285
- Congress: 114
- Title: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include information on the institutionalization of children and the subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Introduced: 2016-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require annual human rights reports to include information on the: institutionalization of children, including in orphanages and group homes, if such institutionalization can be avoided by reunifying such children with parents of origin or by adoptive placement; and related subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2016-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH), 2016-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5285 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5285)

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