Guantanamo Detention Center : Legislative Activity in the 111th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

Judicial power.

Prisoners of war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes enacted and proposed legislation in the 111th Congress addressing detention of alleged enemy combatants at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay. Analyzes relevant provisions of P.L. 111-32, the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, which includes an ongoing reporting requirement and restricts use of funds for the transfer and release of detainees in specified circumstances. Summarizes relevant provisions of various legislative proposals introduced in the 111th Congress to establish reporting requirements; restrict transfer or release of detainees; amend military commission procedures; and address issues related to detainee treatment, executive and judicial authority, and other matters.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Guantanamo Detention Center

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