Detainee Treatment Accountability Act

Detainee Treatment Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to transmit a copy of any confidential or exclusive report provided to the Department of Defense (DOD) by an entity outside the U.S. government concerning treatment of DOD detainees held at any location in connection with an armed conflict, including the war on terror, within 15 days of receipt to: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2901 Introduced in House (IH)]






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.


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                    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

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                                 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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