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House resolution · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Of inquiry requesting that the Secretary of Defense transmit to the House of Representatives before the expiration of the 14-day period beginning on the date of the adoption of this resolution any picture, photograph, video, communication, or report produced in conjunction with any completed Department of Defense investigation conducted by Major General Antonio M. Taguba relating to allegations of torture or allegations of violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or any completed Department of Defense investigation relating to the abuse or alleged abuse of a prisoner of war or detainee by any civilian contractor working in Iraq who is employed on behalf of the Department of Defense.

H.Res. 640Introduced May 12, 2004Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Bell D-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 16, 2004 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 188.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 640.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Res. 640, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

40 cosponsors — 39 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Denise Majette (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James Oberstar (D-MN), John Olver (D-MA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and 10 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Bell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-25 district

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