Due Process Guarantee Act
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Due Process Guarantee Act
This bill limits the detention authority of the United States.
Current law prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen unless it is authorized by an act of Congress.
This bill prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident unless it is authorized by an act of Congress that (1) is consistent with the Constitution, and (2) expressly authorizes the detention.
Additionally, the bill specifies that no U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident who is apprehended in the United States may be imprisoned or otherwise detained without charge or trial unless such imprisonment or detention is expressly authorized by an act of Congress.
Finally, it specifies that a general authorization to use military force or similar measure, on its own, does not authorize the indefinite detention of a person who is arrested in the United States.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1702: Due Process Guarantee Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1702/
"S. 1702: Due Process Guarantee Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1702/.
S. 1702, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1702/.
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