[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7353]
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SA 2715. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States
through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF CITIZENS
AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) No citizen or lawful permanent resident shall be
imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except
consistent with the Constitution and pursuant to an Act of
Congress that expressly authorizes such imprisonment or
detention.'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b)(1) A general authorization to use military force, a
declaration of war, or any similar authority, on its own,
shall not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or
detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful
permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the
United States.
``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an authorization to use
military force, a declaration of war, or any similar
authority enacted before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of
2015.
``(3) This section shall not be construed to authorize the
imprisonment or detention of a citizen of the United States,
a lawful permanent resident of the United States, or any
other person who is apprehended in the United States.''.
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