S. 1285: Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
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S. 1285: Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-17 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to House Armed Services
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to House Armed Services Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
Plain summary
(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.
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Official text
Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
- Statute
- A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1285.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1285 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111