Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act
Latest action · Mar 6, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual list of countries where there are substantial grounds for believing that torture, cruel, or degrading treatment is commonly used in the detention or interrogation of individuals.
Prohibits the direct or indirect transfer or return of persons by the United States for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise to a listed country. Sets forth conditions under which: (1) the Secretary may waive such transfer prohibition; and (2) a treaty-based transfer may occur.
Prohibits the transfer from the United States of any person to a non-listed country without an opportunity to challenge such transfer on the grounds of being subjected to torture or cruel or degrading treatment.
Amends the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 to direct the appropriate government agencies to prescribe regulations to implement U.S. obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Cosponsors 60
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2007 to Jan 16, 2008; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jan 16, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E474)
- Mar 6, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E474 | Edward J. Markey D-MA | Mar 6, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-90 | THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT: THIRTY YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN323 pages | Financial Services Committee | Feb 13, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Extradition
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International law
- Iraq compilation
- Judicial review
- Law
- Police questioning
- Prisoners
- Prisoners' rights
- Torture
- Treaties
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced 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 bill 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.
