US Congress House Bill 893 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

American Anti-Torture Act of 2009 - Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 to prohibit any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations. Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) pursuant to a U.S. criminal or immigration law.

American Anti-Torture Act of 2009

Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-02-04		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-02-04		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-02-04		Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/893/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr893/BILLS-111hr893ih.pdf