Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President and those officials relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.
Latest action · Jul 22, 2004 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Requests that the President, and directs the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Attorney General (AG) to transmit to the House of Representatives all documents in their possession (as more specifically identified in this Resolution) relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay and any instructions for handling such documents, with the exception of those documents in the AG's possession that are protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) in proceedings in which the AG or the Department of Justice are parties.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2004 to Jul 20, 2004; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jun 25, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jul 19, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 20, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2004Markup Jul 15, 2004Reported Jul 22, 2004 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Reported adversely by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 108-632.
- Jul 22, 2004Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
- Jul 15, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 15, 2004Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 27.
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5965 | Silvestre Reyes D-TX | Jul 19, 2004 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1218Text printed E1218 | John Conyers, Jr. D-MI (text) | Jun 23, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40879 | Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017 Archived | Report | Nov 9, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President and those officials relating to the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Caribbean area
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Charities
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Constitutional amendments
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Cuba
- Death
- Defense industries
- Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Law
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military and naval offenses
- Military command and control
- Military intelligence
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Military personnel
- Military training
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Police training
- Presidential records
- Prison administration
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners' rights
- Public records
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Translating and interpreting
- Treaties
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Reported in House
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.