 The amendment was commonly referred to as the "Amendment on (1) the Army Field Manual and (2) Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment, amendment #1977" and also known as the McCain Amendment 1977.It became the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 as Title X of the Department of Defense Authorization bill.The amendment prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, by confining interrogations to the techniques in Army Field Manual 34–52, "Intelligence Interrogation".