3.0.0 3044 2023-01-13T04:47:53Z 2023-01-13T04:47:53Z House H HR 2005-06-23 109 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-26T21:36:04Z Referred to 2005-06-23T13:57:25Z 2005-07-26 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2005-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2005-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 N B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2005-11-09 False G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2005-12-06 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-06-29 False 2006-07-19 B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2006-07-28 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Appellate courts Appellate procedure Capital punishment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court records Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure Department of Defense Due process of law Equality before the law Espionage Evidence (Law) Exclusionary rule (Evidence) Families Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Homicide International Affairs Judges Law Minors Officer personnel Presidential appointments Right to counsel Self-incrimination Sentences (Criminal procedure) Supreme Court Terrorism Torture Trials War crimes Witnesses Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-06-23 Introduced in House 2005-08-26T15:33:57Z Military Commissions Act of 2005 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to permit a military commission to try any person, not a citizen of the United States, for one or more offenses against the law of war or in furtherance of international terrorism. Permits only the President, or a person designated by the President, to appoint such a commission. Requires a commission to consist of not less than three members and not more than seven members.

States that trial and defense counsel shall be detailed for a military commission on the same basis as such counsel are detailed for a general court-martial.

Requires members of a military commission to deliberate and vote in closed conference.

Prohibits: (1) a military commission from finding a person guilty of an offense, and determining a sentence, except by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote is taken; and (2) from sentencing a person to suffer death except by the concurrence of all the members as to the findings and as to the sentence.

Sets forth other requirements relating to a commission, including requiring the accused in a military commission to be given specified minimum rights and protections.

Outlines procedures for, and courts of, appeal.

]]> Military Commissions Act of 2005 Display Title Military Commissions Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), to provide standards for the use of military commissions for the trial of offenses under the law of war or in furtherance of international terrorism. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Military Commissions Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3044ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3044ih.xml 2005-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.