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S 554 112th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Appropriations Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Jurisdiction and venue Military law Terrorism

A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Introduced: March 10, 2011 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 10, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits any funds appropriated or made available to the Department of Justice (DOJ) from being used to commence or continue a prosecution in an Article III court of any individual suspected of involvement in the attacks on the United States and its citizens on September 11, 2001, who is not a citizen of the United States and is subject to the jurisdiction of a military commission.

What's happening now March 10, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Mar 16, 2011
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 10, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 554: A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-554/
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"S. 554: A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-554/.
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S. 554, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-554/.
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