HR 4588
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Military law
Detainee Trials at Gitmo Act
Introduced: February 3, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 3, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
Feb 3, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Feb 3, 2010
Referred to House Armed Services
Feb 3, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Detainee Trials at Gitmo Act - Provides that: (1) the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, shall remain in use indefinitely by the United States as a detention facility; and (2) any individual who is detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may only be tried by military commission which shall be conducted at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committees of jurisdiction
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