3.0.0 1216 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z Senate S 2017-05-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-24T18:29:39Z 2017-05-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-05-24 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-05-24 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-05-24 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-05-24 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-05-24 True Crime and Law Enforcement Conflicts and wars Constitution and constitutional amendments Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Immigration status and procedures Military operations and strategy War and emergency powers Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-19T18:11:22Z Due Process Guarantee Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to limit the detention authority of the United States.

Current law prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen by the United States unless it is authorized by an act of Congress. This bill prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident by the United States unless it is consistent with the Constitution and expressly authorized by an act of Congress.

Additionally, it specifies that a general authorization to use military force or similar measure, on its own, does not authorize the indefinite detention of a citizen or lawful permanent resident who is arrested in the United States.

]]> Due Process Guarantee Act Display Title Due Process Guarantee Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Due Process Guarantee Act Introduced in Senate 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1216is/xml/BILLS-115s1216is.xml 2017-05-24 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.