To amend the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and title 18, United States Code, to include waterboarding in the definition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and in the definition of torture, and for other purposes.

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HR 5460

Introduced

Feb 14, 2008

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Human rights International Affairs Prisoners of war Prisoners' rights Punishment Torture

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Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the federal criminal code to include waterboarding (simulated drowning) within the definitions of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and torture.

Includes individuals under the custody or physical control of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) within the protection against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government.

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Mar 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 14, 2008

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, 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.
Feb 14, 2008

Introduced in House

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