Creating a select committee to investigate the abuses of detainees held in United States custody in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or any operation within the Global War on Terrorism, in particular those abuses that have been documented by thousands of photographs and on video at Abu Ghraib prison.
Latest action · Jun 23, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 23, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Creates the Select Committee to Investigate Detainee Abuses to conduct a full and complete investigation of the abuses of detainees held in U.S. custody in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or any operation within the Global War on Terrorism, in particular those documented abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, and to make appropriate findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives.
Requires the Select Committee to assess, analyze, and evaluate relevant persons, policies, procedures, reports, and events during the course of its investigation, including but not limited to those specified in this Resolution.
Sets forth procedures and authorities of the Select Committee.
Requires the Select Committee to submit its final report to the House within six months of adoption of this Resolution and to cease to exist one month thereafter.
Cosponsors 112
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2004 to Sep 14, 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-MO | Ike Skelton | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Jun 23, 2004 |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | 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-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-WI | Gerald D. Kleczka | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 6, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jul 12, 2004 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 14, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 15, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Sep 13, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Sep 13, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Sep 13, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Sep 14, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Creating a select committee to investigate the abuses of detainees held in United States custody in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or any operation within the Global War on Terrorism, in particular those abuses that have been documented by thousands of photographs and on video at Abu Ghraib prison.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Caribbean area
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Charities
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional committees
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reorganization
- Congressional-executive relations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Cuba
- Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Executive Office of the President
- Government attorneys
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Latin America
- Law
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military and naval offenses
- Military command and control
- Military intelligence
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Prison administration
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners' rights
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Treaties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2004Introduced in House
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