3.0.0 3835 2023-01-11T20:24:02Z 2023-01-11T20:24:02Z House H HR 2007-10-15 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-02T14:31:50Z Referred to 2007-10-15T16:31:50Z hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee House Select Referred to 2007-10-15T16:32:10Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-15T16:32:05Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-15T16:32:00Z 2007-11-02 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2007-10-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee 2007-10-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-10-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-10-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-10-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2136-2137) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 N W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2007-11-15 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2007-11-15 False Law Anarchism Armed Forces and National Security Citizenship Civil actions and liability Congress and foreign policy Congress and military policy Congressional oversight Congressional-executive relations Constitutional law Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure Detention of persons Due process of law Electronic surveillance Evidence (Law) Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Habeas corpus Imprisonment Information leaking Injunctions International Affairs Journalism Kidnapping Parties to actions Police questioning President and foreign policy Prosecution Reporters and reporting Rule of law Terrorism Torture War and emergency powers War crimes Warrants (Law) Law 00 2007-10-15 Introduced in House 2007-11-08T22:23:13Z American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 - Repeals the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

Authorizes the President to establish military commissions for the trial of war crimes only in places of active hostilities against the United States where an immediate trial is necessary to preserve fresh evidence or to prevent local anarchy.

Prohibits the President from detaining any individual indefinitely as an unlawful enemy combatant absent proof by substantial evidence that the individual has directly engaged in active hostilities against the United States. Prohibits the detention of any U.S. citizen as an unlawful enemy combatant.

Entitles any individual detained as an enemy combatant by the United States to petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Prohibits any civilian or military tribunal of the United States from admitting as evidence statements extracted from the defendant by torture or coercion.

Prohibits any federal agency from gathering foreign intelligence in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Subordinates the President's constitutional power to gather foreign intelligence to such prohibition.

Gives the House of Representatives and Senate standing to file a declatory judgment action in an appropriate federal district court to challenge the constitutionality of a presidential signing statement that declares the president's intent to disregard provisions of a bill he has signed into law because he believes they are unconstitutional.

Prohibits any U.S. officer or agent from kidnapping, imprisoning, or torturing any person abroad based soley on the president's belief that the subject of the action is a criminal or enemy combatant. Allows kidnapping if undertaken with the intent of bringing the kidnapped person for prosecution or interrogation to gather intelligence before a tribunal that meets international standards of fairness and due process.

Provides that nothing in the Espionage Act of 1917 shall prohibit a journalist from publishing information received from the executive branch or Congress unless the publication would cause direct, immediate, and irreparable harm to U.S. national security.

Prohibits the use of secret evidence by the President or any other member of the executive branch to designate an individual or organization with a U.S. presence as a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization for purposes of the criminal law or civil sanctions.

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