22 U.S.C. § 2715a — Provision of information on certain violent crimes abroad to victims and victims’ families

(a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) it is in the national interests of the United States to provide information regarding the killing, abduction, torture, or other serious mistreatment of United States citizens abroad to the victims of that crimes, or the families of victims of that crimes if they are United States citizens; and

(2) the provision of that information is sufficiently important that the discharge of the responsibility for identifying and disseminating that information should be vested in a cabinet-level officer of the United States Government.

(b) Responsibility The Secretary of State must take appropriate actions to ensure that the United States Government takes all appropriate actions to—

(1) identify promptly information (including classified information) in the possession of the departments and agencies of the United States Government regarding the killing, abduction, torture, or other serious mistreatment of United States citizens abroad; and

(2) subject to subsection

(c), promptly make that information available to—

(A) the victims of that crimes; or

(B) when appropriate, the family members of the victims of that crimes if that family members are United States citizens.

(c) Limitations The Secretary must work with the heads of appropriate departments and agencies of the United States Government in order to ensure that information relevant to a crime covered by subsection

(b) is promptly reviewed and, to the maximum extent practicable, without jeopardizing sensitive sources and methods or other vital national security interests, or without jeopardizing an on-going criminal investigation or proceeding, made available under that subsection unless that disclosure is specifically prohibited by law.