[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1081 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1081

To require that all foreign terrorists with links to terrorist networks 
  who attack the United States or its Government be considered enemy 
   combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian 
                                courts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2013

 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. McKinley, Mr. 
Rooney, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Bachus) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that all foreign terrorists with links to terrorist networks 
  who attack the United States or its Government be considered enemy 
   combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian 
                                courts.

    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 ``Military Tribunals for Terrorists 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TRIAL OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS.

    After the date of the enactment of this Act, any foreign national, 
who--
            (1) engages or has engaged in conduct constituting an 
        offense relating to a terrorist attack against persons or 
        property in the United States or against any United States 
        Government property or personnel outside the United States; and
            (2) is subject to trial for that offense by a military 
        commission under chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code;
shall be tried for that offense only by a military commission under 
that chapter.
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