[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 689 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 689

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal 
officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
    possession of the President and those officials relating to the 
treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo 
                                  Bay.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2004

  Mr. Conyers (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
 Clyburn, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Obey, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Skelton, 
Mr. Lantos, and Mr. Hinchey) submitted the following resolution; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing certain other Federal 
officials to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
    possession of the President and those officials relating to the 
treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo 
                                  Bay.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General are each 
directed, to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all documents in 
their possession, except those documents in the Attorney General's 
possession that have been found by a court to be protected by Federal 
Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) in a proceeding at which the Attorney 
General or the Department of Justice is a party, relating to the 
treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo 
Bay and any requisite instructions for handling such documents, 
including--
            (1) every report, memorandum, or complaint from the 
        International Committee of the Red Cross relating to the 
        treatment of detainees or prisoners and any documents that 
        reference such memorandum, report, or complaint by the 
        President, by any Federal official covered by this resolution, 
        or by any agency under any such Federal official;
            (2) every report, memorandum, or complaint from Human 
        Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Iraqi Human Rights 
        Association, Afghan Human Rights Commission, Physicians for 
        Human Rights, or Human Rights First relating to the treatment 
        of detainees or prisoners and any documents that reference such 
        memorandum, report, or complaint by the President, by any 
        Federal official covered by this resolution, or by any agency 
        under any such Federal official;
            (3) every document relating to interrogation techniques;
            (4) every internal report of a law enforcement, military, 
        or intelligence agency or organization concerning interrogation 
        or detention operations;
            (5) every internal report of a law enforcement, military, 
        or intelligence agency in response to allegations that the 
        treatment of prisoners or detainees violated or continues to 
        violate international or American law;
            (6) every document and memorandum regarding the 
        applicability of the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against 
        Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
        Punishment, the International Covenant on Political and Civil 
        Rights, sections 2340-2340A of title 18, United States Code, 
        the War Crimes Act of 1996, and the Fifth, Eighth, and 
        Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States 
        to the treatment of prisoners or detainees;
            (7) every document and memorandum relating to command 
        relationships between military police units and military 
        intelligence units;
            (8) every document and memorandum directing personnel to 
        abstain from using specific interrogation techniques or to 
        withdraw themselves from interrogations being conducted by 
        other departments;
            (9) any Presidential directive or other writing authorizing 
        the use of interrogation tactics or claiming the constitutional 
        authority to do so;
            (10) any documentation of training received by the 800th 
        Military Police Brigade and the 205th Military Intelligence 
        Brigade regarding the treatment of prisoners or detainees;
            (11) any documentation of special access programs as they 
        were applied to prisoners or detainees;
            (12) all records of meetings regarding the treatment of 
        prisoners or detainees at which one or more officials of the 
        Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of 
        Justice, or Central Intelligence Agency were present and the 
        presence of those officials is apparent from the face of the 
        record;
            (13) every document and memorandum concerning the practice 
        of keeping prisoners or detainees off the official roster;
            (14) a list of every ongoing and completed investigation 
        into the treatment of prisoners or detainees, and any written 
        reports produced by any such investigation;
            (15) every document relating to civilian contract employees 
        and their role in prisons;
            (16) all written statements of prisoners or detainees, 
        military personnel, civilian employees of the Federal 
        Government, or civilian contractors regarding the treatment of 
        prisoners or detainees;
            (17) all reports of interrogation of each prisoner or 
        detainee that reflect a claim of abuse by military or civilian 
        personnel or by civilian contractors;
            (18) any documents for work under contracts (including 
        subcontracts and task orders) and all reports on such 
        documents, for interrogation or translation work by CACI 
        International, Titan Corporation, and any other entity that may 
        have performed such work;
            (19) any documents or testimony presented to or prepared by 
        the Detainee Assessment Branch at Abu Ghraib prison at any time 
        after September 1, 2003 regarding the treatment of Iraqi 
        prisoners or detainees by members of the Armed Forces or by 
        civilian contractors working in Iraq employed on behalf of the 
        Department of Defense;
            (20) any complaint forms filled out and submitted at any 
        time after March 1, 2003 by a member of the Armed Services or 
        by a civilian contractor employed on behalf of the Department 
        of Defense or Central Intelligence Agency regarding the 
        treatment of detainees or prisoners; and
            (21) any reports or documents reflecting the death or 
        injury of prisoners or detainees.
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