HR 104
111th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Advisory bodies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military law
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Right of privacy
Terrorism
War and emergency powers
To establish a national commission on presidential war powers and civil liberties.
Introduced: January 6, 2009
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Became law
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Establishes the National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties to investigate, and report to the President and Congress on, the broad range of policies of the Bush Administration that were undertaken under claims of unreviewable war powers, including: (1) detention by the Armed Forces and the intelligence community; (2) the use by such entities of enhanced interrogation techniques or techniques not authorized by the Uniform Code of Military Justice; (3) "ghosting" or other policies intended to conceal an individual's capture or detention; (4) extraordinary rendition; and (5) domestic warrantless electronic surveillance.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.