1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Hostage Act of 2019 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) authoritarian governments and non-state actors, including terrorist groups, continue to engage in the hostage-taking and prolonged unlawful or wrongful detention of United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in order to make political demands or extract monetary concessions; (2) the United States Government should fully utilize all necessary and appropriate measures to prevent foreign governments or non-state actors from engaging in such hostage-taking or detention, including through— (A) the use of extradition to try and convict the individuals who have participated in, or are responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the hostage-taking or detention; and (B) the use of the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit of the Department of Homeland Security to target such individuals