Wartime Detention Provisions in Recent Defense Authorization Legislation.

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Book

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Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Counterinsurgency.

Military bases.

Military prisons.

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1 online resource (1 online resource (51 pages)) : digital, PDF file

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Provides brief background on salient issues related to detainees at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and disposition of persons captured in the course of hostilities against Al Qaeda and associated forces. Summarizes and analyzes detainee provisions of P.L. 112-81, the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), as well as detainee provisions in P.L. 112-239, the FY2013 NDAA; P.L. 113-66, the FY2014 NDAA; P.L. 113-291, the FY2015 NDAA; and H.R. 1735 and S. 1376, both the FY2016 NDAA. Reviews developments since enactment of FY2012 NDAA.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-R4-2143a in the 2014 issue.

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CRS Report.

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