3.0.0 3687 2019-11-15T22:00:15Z 2019-11-15T22:00:15Z Senate S S 2008-11-17 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-11-17T20:09:53Z 2008-11-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Immigration Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Crime and Law Enforcement Cuba Detention of persons Government Operations and Politics Latin America Military bases Presidential powers Prisoners Visas Immigration 00 2008-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-12T22:43:07Z Protection from Enemy Combatants Act - Defines a "covered alien" as an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Prohibits: (1) a U.S. court from ordering the release or parole into the United States of a covered alien; (2) the Secretary of State from issuing any visa to a covered alien that would permit such alien to enter, or be admitted to, the United States; and (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security from admitting or providing any type of immigration status to a covered alien that would permit such alien to enter, or be admitted to, the United States.

Authorizes the President to waive restrictions by the Secretaries if consistent with U.S. national security.

]]> Protection from Enemy Combatants Act Short Titles as Introduced Protection from Enemy Combatants Act Display Title Protection from Enemy Combatants Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba unless the President determines that such admission is consistent with the national security of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3687is/xml/BILLS-110s3687is.xml 2008-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.