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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 248
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14, 2009
Mr. Bond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence
A BILL
To prohibit the use of certain interrogation techniques and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Limitations on Interrogation
Techniques Act of 2009
.
Prohibition on the use of certain interrogation techniques
In general
No individual in the custody or under the effective control of personnel of an element of the intelligence community or instrumentality of an element of the intelligence community, regardless of nationality or physical location of the individual or personnel, shall be subject to the following interrogation techniques—
forcing the individual to be naked, perform sexual acts, or pose in a sexual manner;
placing hoods or sacks over the head of the individual or using duct tape over the individual's eyes;
applying beatings, electric shock, burns, or similar forms of physical pain;
using the technique known as waterboarding;
using military working dogs;
inducing hypothermia or heat injury;
conducting mock executions; or
depriving the individual of adequate food, water or medical care.
Definitions
In this section:
Instrumentality
The term instrumentality, with respect to an element of the intelligence community, means a contractor or subcontractor at any tier of the element of the intelligence community.
Intelligence community
The term intelligence community has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).