S.1249 - A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

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  • Official: A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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4/30/2007--Introduced.Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Requires all current detainees there to be: (1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a

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4/30/2007--Introduced.
Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Requires all current detainees there to be:
(1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and tried before a regularly-constituted court;
(2) transferred to a U.S. facility without being charged if the detainee may be held as an enemy combatant or pursuant to other legal authority;
(3) transferred to an international tribunal operating under authority of the United Nations (UN) with jurisdiction to hold trials;
(4) transferred to their country of citizenship or a different country for further legal process, provided that such country provides adequate assurances that the individual will not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or
(5) released from any further detention.

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06/11/09
S.1249: Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009 - U.S. Congress ...

Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009 (S.1249), a bill that will reform the Medicare physician reimbursement so that it rewards health care providers based on the ... S. 1249 [110th]: A bill to require the President to close the ... 29 Apr 2007. Source:

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01/04/08
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht

März 2003 - 2 BvR 246/02 -, NvWZ 2003, S. 1249). Eine unmittelbare Betroffenheit ist darüber hinaus ausnahmsweise auch dann anzunehmen, wenn die Norm ihren Adressaten bereits vor konkreten Vollzugsakten zu später nicht ...

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01/03/08
regarding civil liberties

introduced S. 1249, which would require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year. Additionally, I am a cosponsor of S. 185, which would support habeas corpus ...

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