[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2977 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2977

To prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution 
 in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in 
               the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2010

  Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Webb, Mr. McCain, Mrs. 
 Lincoln, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. Collins, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
 Cornyn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Corker, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Coburn, 
  Mr. Grassley, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
  Alexander, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution 
 in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in 
               the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDS FOR 
              PROSECUTION IN ARTICLE III COURTS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED 
              IN THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Prosecution of 9/11 Terrorists 
in Article III Courts.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Department of Justice may be obligated or 
expended to commence or continue the prosecution in an Article III 
court of the United States of an individual described in subsection (b) 
for any offense that may be prosecuted by military commission under 
chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code (as amended by the Military 
Commissions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of Public Law 111-84)).
    (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual suspected of planning, authorizing, 
organizing, committing, or aiding the attacks on the United States and 
its citizens that occurred on September 11, 2001, who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States; and
            (2) is subject to jurisdiction under chapter 47A of title 
        10, United States Code (as amended by the Military Commissions 
        Act of 2009).
    (c) Article III Court of the United States Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``Article III court of the United States'' means a 
court of the United States established under Article III of the 
Constitution of the United States.
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