22 U.S.C. § 1741a — Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs

lead diplomatic engagement on United States hostage policy;

coordinate all diplomatic engagements and strategy in support of hostage recovery efforts, in coordination with the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell and consistent with policy guidance communicated through the Hostage Response Group;

in coordination with the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell as appropriate, coordinate diplomatic engagements regarding cases in which a foreign government has detained a United States national^* and the United States Government regards such detention as unlawful or wrongful;

provide senior representation from the Special Envoy’s office to the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell established under section 1741b of this title and the Hostage Response Group established under section 1741c of this title; and

ensure that families of United States nationals unlawfully or wrongly detained abroad receive updated information about developments in cases and government policy.

for a United States national unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, that—

for a United States national held hostage abroad, that any engagement with a family member is coordinated with, consistent with, and not duplicative of the efforts of the Family Engagement Coordinator described in section 1741b(c)(2) of this title.