3.0.0 3929 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z Senate S S 2006-09-22 109 Military Commissions Act of 2006 109 3901 S 2006-09-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611. Related bill CRS Related bill House Military Commissions Act of 2006 109 3930 S 2006-10-17 Became Public Law No: 109-366. Related bill CRS Related bill House Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 109 3931 S 2006-09-25 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635. Related bill CRS Military Commissions Act of 2006 109 6054 HR 2006-09-25 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409. Related bill House Military Commissions Act of 2006 109 6166 HR 2006-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill House National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 109 2453 S 2006-09-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 609. Related bill House Bringing Terrorists to Justice Act of 2006 109 3861 S 2006-09-13 Star Print ordered on the bill. Related bill House Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006 109 3886 S 2006-09-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9577-9578) Related bill House 2006-09-25 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633. Calendars 2006-09-22 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. pursuant to the order of September 21, 2006, as modified on September 22, 2006. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10017-10033) Calendars 2006-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2006-09-22 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedure Air piracy Aliens Appellate courts Appellate procedure Biological warfare Capital punishment Chemical warfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and military policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Constitutional law Contempt of court Court records Courts of special jurisdiction Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Death Department of Defense Destruction of property Detention of persons Due process of law Electronic surveillance Emblems Espionage Evidence (Law) Executive orders Flags Foreign agents Government Operations and Politics Government liability (International law) Habeas corpus Hostages Human rights Immigration International Affairs Judges Judicial review Jurisdiction Law Military law Murder Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear terrorism Obstruction of justice Pain Perjury Pleas (Criminal procedure) Poisons Preschool education President and foreign policy Pretrial procedure Prisoners of war Prisoners' rights Privileges and immunities Prosecution Punishment Rape Right to counsel Self-incrimination Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sex crimes State-sponsored terrorism Suspects' rights Terrorism Torture Treaties Trials War casualties War crimes Warrants (Law) Weapons of mass destruction Witnesses Women Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2006-12-06T23:11:23Z Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Authorizes the: (1) President to establish military commissions (commissions) to try alien unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the law of war and other triable offenses; (2) commissions to impose upon any person found guilty any sentence appropriate to the offense, including death or imprisonment for life; and (3) Secretary of Defense to carry out such sentences. Prohibits a combatant under trial from invoking the Geneva Conventions as a source of rights.

Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to codify and establish procedures governing the use of commissions to try such combatants for violations of triable offenses. Makes eligible to serve on a commission any U.S. commissioned officer on active duty. Requires to be detailed to each commission a military judge, trial and military defense counsel, and reporters and interpreters. Requires at least five members in each commission.

Prescribes, with respect to each established commission, pre-trial and trial procedures, including charges, rules of evidence, pleas, opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence, and defenses. Requires: (1) a two-thirds commission member vote for conviction; (2) a three-fourths member vote for a sentence of life imprisonment or confinement of more than ten years; and (3) a unanimous vote by at least 12 members in a case in which the death penalty is sought.

Prescribes post-trial procedures and reviews of commission actions, including appeal by the United States, rehearings, and review by the Court of Military Commission Review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Outlines offenses triable by commissions.

Amends the federal criminal code to add certain actions to be considered violations of the War Crimes Act.

Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to establish a new title relating to electronic surveillance programs (programs). Gives the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (established under FISA) jurisdiction to review programs that seek to obtain foreign intelligence information or to protect against international terrorism. Allows the Court to issue an order that authorizes a program for up to 90 days. Provides for congressional oversight of approved programs.

]]> A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize military commissions to bring terrorists to justice, to strengthen and modernize terrorist surveillance capabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Military Commissions Act of 2006 Popular Titles Military Trials for Enemy Combatants bill 9 Library of Congress Placed on Calendar Senate 2006-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3929pcs/xml/BILLS-109s3929pcs.xml Introduced in Senate 2006-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3929is/xml/BILLS-109s3929is.xml 2006-09-25 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633. 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.