DECLARATIONS OF INVALIDITY.

SEC. 7708. DECLARATIONS OF INVALIDITY. Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741), as amended by section 7707 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Declarations of Invalidity.—Upon the release of a United States national determined to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad and the return of that national, the President shall issue to that national a letter, to be known as a ‘declaration of invalidity’, that officially declares the detention abroad of the national as invalid for the purpose of completing any documentation that warrants a background investigation or review of prior offenses, such as a conviction.” .