To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

6/22/2007--Introduced.
Amends the federal judicial code to allow an alien detained by the United States as an enemy combatant to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, including an application challenging transfer, or bring an action solely for prospective injunctive relief against transfer, except for an alien in a zone of active combat involving U.S. Armed Forces. Limits the review of prosecutions, trials, or judgments of a military commission to that provided by the Code of Military Justice or by a habeas corpus proceeding.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
• and 54 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Thomas Allen
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
  • Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
  • Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Martin Meehan
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
  • Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • House Armed Services
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2826

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June 22, 2007

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• Sep 06, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 4 .
• Sep 06, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jun 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
• Jun 22, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Jun 22, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jun 22, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Jun 22, 2007.

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• Defense policy
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
• Armed forces
• Aliens
• Criminal justice

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