H.R. 5460 would amend the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and title 18, United States Code, to include waterboarding in the definition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and in the definition of torture.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log in to editAmends the wikiDetainee Treatment Act of 2005 and be the firstfederal criminal code to provide a detailed summaryinclude waterboarding (simulated drowning) within the definitions of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and torture.

Includes individuals under the custody or physical control of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) within the protection against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the bill!)government.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 2/14/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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== Points in Favor ==

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