Congressional Record: April 14, 2005 (Senate)
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
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  SA 437. Mr. ROCKEFELLER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to 
establish and rapidly implement regulations for

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State driver's license and identification document security standards, 
to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United 
States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and 
removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border 
fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

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     SEC. 6047. SENSE OF SENATE ON SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
                   INTELLIGENCE OF THE SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO 
                   PRISONER DETENTION, INTERROGATION, AND 
                   RENDITION POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--
       (1) In general.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate should conduct 
     an investigation into, and study of, all matters relating to 
     the authorities, policies, and practices of the departments, 
     agencies, and other entities of the United States Government 
     on the detention, interrogation, or rendition of prisoners 
     for intelligence purposes (other than for purely domestic law 
     enforcement purposes), whether by such departments, agencies, 
     or entities themselves or in conjunction with any foreign 
     government or entity.
       (2) Elements.--The investigation and study under paragraph 
     (1) should address and consider--
       (A) the history of the authorities, policies, and practices 
     of the United States Government on the detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for intelligence 
     purposes before September 11, 2001, including--
       (i) a review of any presidential or other authorities, and 
     other written guidance, before that date on the detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of prisoners;
       (ii) a review of any experience before that date with the 
     detention, interrogation, or rendition of prisoners; and
       (iii) an assessment of the legality and efficacy of the 
     practices before that date with respect to the detention, 
     interrogation, and rendition of prisoners;
       (B) all presidential and other authorities since September 
     11, 2001, on the detention, interrogation, or rendition of 
     prisoners for intelligence purposes;
       (C) all legal opinions and memoranda of any official or 
     component of the Department of Justice since September 11, 
     2001 on the authorities, polices, or practices of the United 
     States Government with respect to the detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for intelligence 
     purposes;
       (D) all legal opinions and memoranda of any official or 
     component of any other department, agency, or entity of the 
     United States Government since September 11, 2001 on 
     authorities, policies, or practices with respect to the 
     detention, interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for 
     intelligence purposes;
       (E) all investigations and reviews conducted since 
     September 11, 2001 by any department, agency, or entity of 
     the United States Government, or by any nongovernmental 
     organization, on the authorities, policies, and practices of 
     the United States Government with respect to the detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for intelligence 
     purposes;
       (F) all facts concerning the actual detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for intelligence 
     purposes by any department, agency, or other entity of the 
     United States Government since September 11, 2001;
       (G) all facts concerning the knowledge of any department, 
     agency, or other entity of the United States Government of 
     the detention and interrogation methods of any foreign 
     government or entity to which persons detained by the 
     departments, agencies, or other entities of the United States 
     Government have been rendered;
       (H) case studies and evaluations of the detention, 
     interrogation, or rendition of persons, including any methods 
     used and the reliability of the information obtained;
       (I) all rules, practices, plans, and actual experiences on 
     the use of classified information in military tribunals, 
     commissions, or other proceedings on the detention, continued 
     detention, or military trials of detainees;
       (J) all plans for the long-term detention, or for 
     prosecution by civilian courts or military tribunals or 
     commissions, of persons detained by any department, agency, 
     or other entity of the United States Government or of persons 
     who have been rendered by the United States Government to any 
     foreign government or entity; and
       (K) any other matters that the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate considers appropriate for the 
     investigation and study.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate should submit to the Senate, not later than six 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report 
     on the investigation and study under subsection (b).
       (2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) should 
     include--
       (A) such findings as the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     considers appropriate in light of the investigation and study 
     under that paragraph; and
       (B) such recommendations, including recommendations for 
     legislative or administrative action, as the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence considers appropriate in light of the 
     investigation and study.
       (3) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) should be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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