House resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to United States policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 8, 2006
- Passed House—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2006 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 146.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 624.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-375 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on February 10, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 10, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/375
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 624, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Diane Watson (D-CA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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