US Congress House Bill 3332 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. If death results from such torture, the offender shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. "Torture" is defined to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015

Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]

Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-07-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-07-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3332/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3332/BILLS-114hr3332ih.pdf