Topic

Torture

Bills 260 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

260 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 108th at 79. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
260 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 121–150, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
S 3929 A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes. 109th September 25, 2006
S 3901 Military Commissions Act of 2006 109th September 14, 2006
S 3886 Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006 109th September 14, 2006
S 3861 Bringing Terrorists to Justice Act of 2006 109th September 13, 2006
S 3708 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 109th July 20, 2006
S 2611 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 109th May 25, 2006
S 2391 BORDERS Act of 2006 109th March 8, 2006
S 2096 Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005 109th December 14, 2005
S 1874 Alien Tort Statute Reform Act 109th October 17, 2005
S 1618 International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 109th September 7, 2005
S 654 Convention Against Torture Implementation Act of 2005 109th November 8, 2005
S 600 Foreign Affairs Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 109th April 26, 2005
S 559 Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act of 2005 109th May 25, 2006
S 516 ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005 109th March 3, 2005
S 365 Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005 109th February 10, 2005
S 122 Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2005 109th January 24, 2005
SCONRES 16 A concurrent resolution conveying the sympathy of Congress to the families of the young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging increased United States involvement in bringing an end to these crimes. 109th March 10, 2005
HCONRES 344 Expressing the sense of the Congress that American prisoners of war (POWs) during the 1991 Gulf War and their immediate family members should be adequately compensated, without delay, for their suffering and injury, as decided by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 108th November 21, 2003
HCONRES 327 Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes. 108th November 18, 2003
HCONRES 32 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to human rights in Central Asia. 108th February 11, 2003
HR 5223 National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 108th October 8, 2004
HR 5222 Military Commissions Act of 2004 108th October 5, 2004
HR 5040 9/11 Commission Report Implementation Act of 2004 108th October 8, 2004
HR 5006 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 108th September 10, 2004
HR 4998 To make funds available to pay the United States prisoners of war that brought suit against the Government of Iraq in the case of Acree v. Republic of Iraq. 108th July 22, 2004
HR 4951 To require the videotaping of interrogations and other pertinent actions between a detainee or prisoner in the custody or under the effective control of the armed forces of the United States pursuant to an interrogation, or other pertinent interaction, for the purpose of gathering intelligence and a member of the armed forces of the United States, an intelligence operative of the United States, or a contractor of the United States. 108th July 22, 2004
HR 4818 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 108th December 8, 2004
HR 4728 PRISE Act of 2004 108th August 4, 2004
HR 4674 To prohibit the return of persons by the United States, for purposes of detention, interrogation, or trial, to countries engaging in torture or other inhuman treatment of persons. 108th June 25, 2004
HR 4613 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 108th August 5, 2004

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.