Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act

Summary

Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there. Requires each such detainee to be either: (1) charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and transferred to an appropriate U.S. facility for further legal proceedings; (2) transferred for trial to an international tribunal operating under United Nations (UN) authority; (3) transferred (under certain conditions) to the custody of the government of the individual's country of citizenship or a different country; (4) released; or (5) held in accordance with the law of the armed conflict. Prohibits an individual in the custody or control of an element of the intelligence community (IC) or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of the individual's nationality or physical location, from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations. Prohibits the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from allowing a CIA contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation. Requires any interrogation carried out on behalf of the CIA to be conducted only by a CIA employee. Requires the head of an IC element or a contractor or subcontractor of such element who detains or has custody or control over an individual to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross of such detention, and to provide Red Cross access to such individual in a manner consistent with practices of the Armed Forces.

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Timeline

1. 6 January 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S133)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 January 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S131-133)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 January 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 January 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S157-158, S159)

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 January 2009 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 2009

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Sponsors

• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
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