Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the Secretary of State's trip to Europe in December 2005.

Bill: 109-hres-642
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Belgium
Bush (George W.) Administration
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of State
Europe
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Human rights
President and foreign policy
Presidential records
Prisons
Public records
Punishment
Resolutions of inquiry
Romania
Torture
Treaties
Ukraine
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: 
Requests the President and directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives all documents, including telephone and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, minutes, memoranda, and advisory legal opinions, in the possession of the President or the Secretary, respectively, from the Department of State provided to the Executive Office of the President in preparation for and during the Secretary's trip to Germany, Belgium, Romania, and Ukraine in December 2005, relating to: (1) U.S. policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment toward individuals captured by or transferred to the United States or detained in U.S. custody; and (2) U.S. policies regarding any facility outside of U.S. territory for the detention of individuals captured by or transferred to the United States or detained in U.S. custody. 

action_date: 2006-02-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Requests the President and directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives all documents, including telephone and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, minutes, memoranda, and advisory legal opinions, in the possession of the President or the Secretary, respectively, from the Department of State provided to the Executive Office of the President in preparation for and during the Secretary's trip to Germany, Belgium, Romania, and Ukraine in December 2005, relating to: (1) U.S. policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment toward individuals captured by or transferred to the United States or detained in U.S. custody; and (2) U.S. policies regarding any facility outside of U.S. territory for the detention of individuals captured by or transferred to the United States or detained in U.S. custody. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 147.
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Reported adversely by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-376.
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Reported adversely by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 109-376.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Introduced in House