[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 248

 To prohibit the use of certain interrogation techniques and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 14, 2009

   Mr. Bond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
            referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of certain interrogation techniques and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Limitations on Interrogation 
Techniques Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CERTAIN INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES.

    (a) In General.--No individual in the custody or under the 
effective control of personnel of an element of the intelligence 
community or instrumentality of an element of the intelligence 
community, regardless of nationality or physical location of the 
individual or personnel, shall be subject to the following 
interrogation techniques--
            (1) forcing the individual to be naked, perform sexual 
        acts, or pose in a sexual manner;
            (2) placing hoods or sacks over the head of the individual 
        or using duct tape over the individual's eyes;
            (3) applying beatings, electric shock, burns, or similar 
        forms of physical pain;
            (4) using the technique known as waterboarding;
            (5) using military working dogs;
            (6) inducing hypothermia or heat injury;
            (7) conducting mock executions; or
            (8) depriving the individual of adequate food, water or 
        medical care.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Instrumentality.--The term ``instrumentality'', with 
        respect to an element of the intelligence community, means a 
        contractor or subcontractor at any tier of the element of the 
        intelligence community.
            (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
        community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of 
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
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