[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4114 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4114

        To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2007

 Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
     Arcuri, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, 
Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, 
 Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Flake, 
   Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Norton, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
 Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Zoe 
    Lofgren of California, Mr. Markey, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum of 
  Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
   Scott of Virginia, Mr. Shays, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
  Sutton, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
Welch of Vermont, and Mr. Wexler) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred 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

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                                 A BILL


 
        To modify certain provisions of law relating to 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 ``American Anti-Torture Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO 
              INDIVIDUALS UNDER CONTROL OR CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES 
              GOVERNMENT.

    Section 1002 of Public Law 109-148 and section 1402 of Public Law 
109-163, are amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--No person in the custody or under the effective 
control of the United States shall be subject to any treatment or 
technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the United 
States Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.
    ``(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
to any person in the custody or under the effective control of the 
United States pursuant to a criminal law or immigration law of the 
United States.
    ``(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
affect the rights under the United States Constitution of any person in 
the custody or under the physical jurisdiction of the United States.''.
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