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S.576
Title: A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. (introduced 2/13/2007) Cosponsors (12)
Related Bills: H.R.1415
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
2/13/2007--Introduced.
Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 - Amends federal provisions concerning the prosecution of unlawful enemy combatants by U.S. military commissions to, among other things: (1) repeal the authority for civilian trial (prosecution) counsel in a commission proceeding, but authorize civilian military defense counsel; (2) exclude statements made by coercion; (3) authorize the Secretary of Defense to make exceptions to commission procedures and rules of evidence as required by unique circumstances of military or intelligence operations during hostilities; (4) provide for self-representation by the accused, while requiring assistance by military defense counsel; (5) authorize the military judge to order trial counsel to disclose to defense counsel the sources, methods, or activities in which witnesses or evidence against the accused was obtained; (6) require commission decision review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces rather than by the Court of Military Commission Review; (7) provide the scope of review of detention-related decisions; (8) repeal a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 prohibiting invoking the Geneva Conventions (Conventions) or similar protocols in any habeas corpus or other action to which the United States is a party; (9) require the President to notify other parties to the Conventions that the United States expects members of U.S. Armed Forces and other U.S. citizens detained in a conflict not of an international character to be treated in a manner consistent with the Conventions; (10) include as War Crime offenses the denial of trial rights and the imposition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (11) restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States; and (12) provide for expedited judicial review of civil actions that challenges any provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
COSPONSORS(12), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 3/28/2007 Sen Boxer, Barbara - 2/28/2007
Sen Brown, Sherrod - 4/10/2007 Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 2/13/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom - 3/26/2007 Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/26/2007
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 2/26/2007 Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 2/13/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert - 2/13/2007 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 3/1/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard - 3/26/2007 Sen Wyden, Ron - 6/14/2007
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