,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1 #bjad  
,mr4 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,conyers1 and ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4        
,maloney of ,new ,york7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on the    
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 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 torture4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,american ,anti-,torture ,act of #bjad4 
#b4 ,uniform standards for interrogation
 techniques applicable to individuals   
under control or custody of the united  
states government ,subsections 7a71 7b71
 and 7c7 of each of section #ajjb of the
 ,detainee ,treatment ,act of #bjje     
7title ,x of ,public ,law #aji-adh2 #aj 

,u4,s4,c4 #hja note2 #aai ,stat4 #bgci7 
and section #adjb of the ,detainee      
,treatment ,act of #bjje 7title ,,xiv of
 ,public ,law #aji-afc2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4   
#hja note2 #aai ,stat4 #cdge7 are       
amended to read as follows3  7a7 ,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         
,operations4  7b7 ,applicability        
,subsection 7a7 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   
,states4  7c7 ,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 ,states4  4