HR 893 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

American Anti-Torture Act of 2009

Introduced Feb 4, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Anti-Torture Act of 2009 - Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 to prohibit any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations.

Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) pursuant to a U.S. criminal or immigration law.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2009 to Jan 21, 2010, with 33 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-CABob FilnerOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-ORDavid WuOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-AZEd PastorOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 4, 2009
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalFeb 4, 2009
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  2. Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Feb 4, 2009Referred to House Armed Services
  4. Feb 4, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
  5. Feb 4, 2009Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2009Introduced in House

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