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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5824
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 9, 2014
Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Conyers, and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York) 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
A BILL
To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the American Anti-Torture Act of 2014.
2.
Uniform standards for interrogation techniques applicable to individuals under control or custody
of the united states government
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of each of 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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