[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 893 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 893

        To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2009

  Mr. Nadler of New York (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Boucher, 
   Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Clay, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
 Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
 McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pastor 
of Arizona, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Scott 
   of Virginia, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Van 
  Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Wu) 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 2009''.

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

    Section 1002 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (title X of 
Public Law 109-148; 10 U.S.C. 801 note; 119 Stat. 2739) and section 
1402 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (title XIV of Public Law 
109-163; 10 U.S.C. 801 note; 119 Stat. 3475) 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 Human Intelligence Collector Operations.
    ``(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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