109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2901
To provide for the transmission to congressional committees of certain
reports pertaining to international human rights law or related laws in connection
with military detainees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 14, 2005
Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ANDREWS,
Mr. WEXLER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. REYES, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr.
SMITH of Washington, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of
California, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. LEE, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California,
Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. DAVIS of California,
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. MEEHAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for the transmission to congressional committees of certain
reports pertaining to international human rights law or related laws in connection
with military detainees.
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 `Detainee Treatment Accountability Act'.
SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES OF CERTAIN REPORTS PERTAINING
TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW OR RELATED LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY
DETAINEES.
(a) Requirement- Within 15 days of receipt of a report described in subsection
(b), the Secretary of Defense shall transmit a copy of the report to each
of the congressional committees specified in subsection (c). Any such report
shall be provided on a confidential basis if such confidentiality is required
by the entity providing the report to the Department of Defense.
(b) Covered Reports- A report referred to in subsection (a) is any report
provided to the Department of Defense on a confidential or exclusive basis
by an entity outside the United States Government that pertains to treatment
of detainees in custody of Department of Defense personnel held at any location
in the world in connection with any armed conflict, including the war on terror.
(c) Specified Committees- The congressional committees referred to in subsection
(a) are the following:
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives.
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