HRES 624 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to United States policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions.

Introduced Dec 16, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Gary L. Ackerman D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 10, 2006 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 146.

Progress

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IntroducedDec 16, 2005
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

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Requests the President and directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives: (1) all documents, memoranda, and advisory legal opinions in the possession of the President or the Secretary from the Department of State provided to the Executive Office of the President since September 11, 2001, concerning U.S. policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Geneva Conventions toward individuals captured by or transferred to the United States or detained in U.S. custody as part of the Global War on Terror; and (2) all documents, including notes from meetings, memos, and telephone and electronic mail records of internal discussions since September 11, 2001, in the possession of the President or the Secretary concerning U.S. policies under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 16, 2005.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Dec 16, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Dec 16, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 10, 2006Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 146.
Feb 10, 2006Reported adversely by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-375.
Feb 8, 2006Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 8, 2006Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
Dec 16, 2005Introduced in House

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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 10, 2006Reported in House
Dec 16, 2005Introduced in House

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