WASHINGTON  Congress is moving to require videotaping of interrogations of detainees held by the military, a step proponents say will prevent abuse and create a valuable intelligence record.

The provision, which the House passed on Thursday as part of the 2010 Defense Authorization Act conference report, would apply to interrogations of anyone held at a Defense Department facility. Because the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret overseas prisons have been closed, it would most likely cover terrorism suspects whether they were questioned by a military or a C.I.A. officer.

The requirement would not apply to battlefield interrogations by troops engaged in combat.

Representative Rush D. Holt, Democrat of New Jersey, said he proposed the videotaping requirement to protect both prisoners and interrogators, who would be less likely to face false abuse allegations. He said his amendment would “continue the process of putting our detainee policies back on a sound legal footing while maintaining our ability to get actionable intelligence.”

Some intelligence experts believe that recording interrogations could be valuable, since the tapes could be replayed for expert linguists, studied by psychologists or reassessed in light of new information. They also could be used for training interrogators.