S. 1285 · 111th Congress
Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
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- Senate Introduced Jun 17, 2009
- Senate Passed Jun 17, 2009
Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) certify any photograph taken between September 11, 2001, and January 22, 2009, that relates to the treatment of individuals engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the U.S.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Jun 17, 2009
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) certify any photograph taken between September 11, 2001, and January 22, 2009, that relates to the treatment of individuals engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the U.S. Armed Forces in operations outside of the United States if the Secretary determines that disclosure of such photograph would endanger U.S. citizens or members of the Armed Forces or U.S. government employees deployed outside the United States; and (2) submit timely notice of such certification to Congress.
Authorizes the Secretary to submit a renewal of a certification at any time. Provides that a certification or a renewal shall expire after three years.
Exempts such a certified photograph from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but does not preclude voluntary disclosure.
OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 - Amends FOIA to require statutory exemptions to its disclosure requirements to specifically cite its provision that authorizes such exemptions.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
Latest action (Jun 18, 2009): Referred to House Armed Services
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 17, 2009
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Jun 17, 2009
- Senate Passed Jun 17, 2009
No recorded floor vote found.