# 114-hr-3332: Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015

114-hr-3332, Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3332
- Congress: 114
- Title: Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2015-07-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who, acting under color of law, commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, torture. If death results from such torture, the offender shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. "Torture" is defined to mean intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or another person information or a confession, punishing that person, or intimidating or coercing that person or another person, or for any reason based on discrimination, but does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3332 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3332)

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- [114-hr-5930: Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5930)
- [114-hr-5798: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 D…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5798)
- [114-hr-5671: Urban Progress Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5671)
- [114-hr-5676: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6300 N…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5676)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3332 (as of 2025-11-18).