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Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009

Introduced: January 22, 2009 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Jan 22, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 22, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony.

Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved.

Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ of habeas corpus and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country.

What's happening now March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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