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To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.

11/8/2007--Introduced.

American Anti-Torture Act of 2007 - Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 to prohibit any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.

Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to any person in the custody or control of the United States (under current law, the Department of Defense) pursuant to a U.S. criminal or immigration law.

Latest Actions
  • 12/03/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • 11/08/2007 - 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.
  • 11/08/2007 - Referred to House Armed Services
  • 11/08/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.4114 Introduced in House11/11/2007