[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4609 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4609

To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the definition of the 
   United States for the purposes of the prohibition against torture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2004

  Mr. Meehan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the definition of the 
   United States for the purposes of the prohibition against torture.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Torture Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES.

    Section 2340(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(3) `United States' means the several States of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, 
        territories, and possessions of the United States.''.
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