Directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, and requesting the President, to provide certain information to the House of Representatives relating to extraordinary rendition of certain foreign persons.
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 145.
Congressional Research Service
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Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Feb 14, 2006
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, and requests the President, to provide to the House of Representatives all documents and records in their possession relating to the rendition, transfer, or return to a foreign country of any foreign person who has been imprisoned, detained, or held for transfer to another country by, or has otherwise been in the custody of, a department, agency, or official of the U.S. government, or any contractor of any such department or agency.
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