§1741c–2 Coordination with Transportation Authorities and Industry on Department of State Travel Advisories

Summary

The Secretary of State must work with the Secretary of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs to make warnings and information for U.S. citizens about the risk of wrongful detention or hostage-taking in certain countries. The warnings must appear at U.S. international airports and on U.S. government websites. They can include posters, brochures, web banners, spoken warnings at airports when a traveler’s destination seems to be one of those countries, and other methods the Secretary decides are useful. The Secretary must also work with U.S. airlines so people booking travel to those countries get warnings. By one year after December 23, 2024, the Secretary must send Congress a report on the steps taken, efforts to make travel advisories more visible, and other recommendations. A "covered country" is one whose State Department travel advisory includes the "K—Kidnapping or Hostage Taking" or "D—Wrongful Detention" risk indicators.