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HR 2544 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Public contracts and procurement

Legal Interrogation Procedures Act

Introduced: May 21, 2009 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legal Interrogation Procedures Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit any person 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.

What's happening now May 21, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2544: Legal Interrogation Procedures Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2544/
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"H.R. 2544: Legal Interrogation Procedures Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2544/.
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H.R. 2544, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2544/.
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