American Anti-Torture Act of 2012

American Anti-Torture Act of 2012 - 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 [DOD]) from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations.

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

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4011 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4011

        To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2012

  Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
Capuano, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
  Honda, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
   Moran, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Van 
    Hollen, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was 
  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

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                                 A BILL


 
        To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture.

    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 ``American Anti-Torture Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO 
              INDIVIDUALS UNDER CONTROL OR CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES 
              GOVERNMENT.

    Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of each of section 1002 of the 
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (title X of Public Law 109-148; 10 
U.S.C. 801 note; 119 Stat. 2739) and section 1402 of the Detainee 
Treatment Act of 2005 (title XIV of Public Law 109-163; 10 U.S.C. 801 
note; 119 Stat. 3475) are amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) 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 Operations.
    ``(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) 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 States.
    ``(c) 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 States.''.
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