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To amend the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and title 18, United States Code, to include waterboarding in the definition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and in the definition of torture, and for other purposes.

2/14/2008--Introduced.

Amends the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the federal criminal code to include waterboarding (simulated drowning) within the definitions of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and torture.

Includes individuals under the custody or physical control of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) within the protection against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government.

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Latest Actions
  • 03/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  • 02/14/2008 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, 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.
  • 02/14/2008 - Referred to House Judiciary
  • 02/14/2008 - Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
  • 02/14/2008 - Referred to House Armed Services
Bill Text
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H.R.5460 Introduced in House02/16/2008