[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4415 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4415

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the President to 
   determine that certain individuals are unlawful enemy combatants 
   subject to trial by military commissions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2010

    Mrs. Miller of Michigan (for herself and Mr. King of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the President to 
   determine that certain individuals are unlawful enemy combatants 
   subject to trial by military commissions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Detention and Prosecution 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO DETERMINE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE 
              UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANTS FOR PURPOSES OF LAWS RELATING 
              TO MILITARY COMMISSIONS.

    (a) Authority.--Section 948a(7) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the President determines--
                            ``(i) is closely associated with or has 
                        provided material support to al Qaeda or any 
                        other organization dedicated to committing acts 
                        of terrorism against the United States;
                            ``(ii) has taken up or conspired to take up 
                        arms on behalf of al Qaeda; and
                            ``(iii) has committed or conspired to 
                        commit acts of terrorism in the United States 
                        or against American citizens or targets, 
                        regardless of the location of the individual's 
                        capture.''.
    (b) Detention.--The President may authorize the detention for 
military purposes of any individual who is an unlawful enemy combatant 
(as that term is defined in section 948a(7) of title 10, United States 
Code) until the President determines that the individual is no longer a 
threat to the United States or its allies.
    (c) Change of Terminology to ``Unlawful Enemy Combatant''.--Title 
10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``unprivileged enemy belligerent'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``unlawful enemy combatant''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``unprivileged enemy belligerents'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``unlawful enemy combatants''.
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