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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2004
- Committee actionJun 14, 2004
- Passed House—
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-547 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on June 16, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/547
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 640, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hres/640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06186fa07b1dc973738dffcf66f3452ce85edcbca9747ec6ce7075cd2ef456f3
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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.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.