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HR 1081 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Criminal procedure and sentencing Military law Terrorism

Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2013

Introduced: April 10, 2013 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Mar 12, 2013
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.
Mar 12, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2013 - Requires trial only by a military commission for any foreign national who: (1) engages or has engaged in an offense relating to a terrorist attack against persons or property in the United States or U.S. government property or personnel outside the United States, and (2) is subject to trial for that offense by a military commission under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

What's happening now April 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 5
Forbes, J.
· Apr 16, 2013
Roby, Martha
· Apr 10, 2013
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 20, 2013
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Mar 20, 2013
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Mar 18, 2013
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 18, 2013
Franks, Trent
· Mar 18, 2013
Lance, Leonard
· Mar 18, 2013
McHenry, Patrick
· Mar 18, 2013
BACHUS, SPENCER
· Mar 12, 2013
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Mar 12, 2013
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 12, 2013
Rooney, Thomas
· Mar 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1081: Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1081/
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"H.R. 1081: Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1081/.
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H.R. 1081, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1081/.
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