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Restoring America's Integrity Act

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduce: CR S8045)

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Aug 1, 2008

Restoring America's Integrity Act - Prohibits any individual in the custody or control of personnel of the intelligence community (IC) or element or instrumentality thereof, regardless of 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.

Requires the head of an IC element or instrumentality who detains or has control of such an individual to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross and provide access to such individual in a manner consistent with practices of the Armed Forces.

Prohibits the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from permitting a CIA contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation (instead requiring a CIA employee to do so).

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Who introduced it

Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA

Committees

  • Intelligence (Select) Committee
6 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduce: CR S8045)

  2. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8044-8045)

  3. Introduced in Senate

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