Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Prisoners' rights

Bill Introduced: H.R.6705 Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

To provide for habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3401 Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3114 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act

2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3005 Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008

2008-05-12T00:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5959 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5950 Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5460 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.

2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

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.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4660 Detainee Interrogation Recording Act of 2007

2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

To require the videotaping of strategic interrogations and certain other interactions between detainees and members of the Armed Forces, intelligence operatives, and contractors, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4223 To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4109 Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007

2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

To provide for the redress of prison abuses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2010 Private Prison Information Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to require prisons and other detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and detention facilities are required to do by law.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2826 To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1639 Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007

2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1538 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2228 Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007

2007-05-09T00:00:00Z

To encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1889 Private Prison Information Act of 2007

2007-04-17T00:00:00Z

To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.285 Condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the Iranian Government's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the Shatt al Arab waterway on March 23, 2007, and asking for the immediate repatriation of these sailors and marines to the United Kingdom.

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

Condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the Iranian Government's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the Shatt al Arab waterway on March 23, 2007, and asking for the immediate repatriation of these sailors and marines to the United Kingdom.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1416 Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007

2007-03-08T00:00:00Z

To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1352 Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act

2007-03-06T00:00:00Z

To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1189 Habeas Corpus Preservation Act

2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

To preserve the right to habeas corpus.