National Security with Justice Act of 2007

A bill to prohibit extraterritorial detention and rendition, except under limited circumstances, to modify the definition of "unlawful enemy combatant" for purposes of military commissions, to extend statutory habeas corpus to detainees, and for other purposes.

7/25/2007--Introduced.
National Security with Justice Act of 2007 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a U.S. officer or agent from:
(1) engaging in the extraterritorial (outside of the United States) detention of any individual; or
(2) rendering (transferring to another legal jurisdiction) or participating in the rendition of any individual. Authorizes a U.S. officer or agent to apply for an order of rendition, and a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court) to issue such an order, under specified procedures. Provides for:
(1) authorizations and orders for emergency detention;
(2) uniform standards for the interrogation of individuals detained by the U.S. government;
(3) protection of government officials engaged in interrogations;
(4) monitoring and reporting regarding the treatment, conditions of confinement, and status of legal proceedings of individuals rendered to foreign governments; and
(5) additional judges and other personnel for the Court. Revises the definition of "unlawful enemy combatant" for purposes of military commissions. Extends statutory habeas corpus to persons detained by the United States who have been:
(1) determined to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant; or
(2) detained for more than 90 days without such a determination.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1876

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 25, 2007

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• Jul 25, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Jul 25, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9922-9923)
• Introduced on Jul 25, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Armed forces
• Civil liberties
• Counterterrorism
• 17 more
• Courts of special jurisdiction
• Defense policy
• Detention of persons
• Foreign policy
• Government liability
• Habeas corpus
• Human rights
• Intelligence activities
• International affairs
• Jurisdiction
• Law
• Military law
• Prosecution
• Suspects' rights
• Terrorism
• Terrorists
• Warrants (Law)

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April 19, 2008 As long as we're torturing our candidates: How about asking them ...

[HRW] Would the candidates support Senator Biden’s proposal in his 2007 bill, “National Security with Justice Act of 2007,” S. 1876, which sought to prohibit extraterritorial detention and rendition except under limited circumstances, ...

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August 01, 2007 The National Security with Justice Act

Last Wednesday, July 25th, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) introduced a new bill, the National Security with Justice Act (S. 1876). The bill responds to several different objections that have been raised to the Bush Administration’s illegal ...

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July 30, 2007 Text of S. 1876, Joe Biden’s National Security With Justice Act

The Library of Congress doesn’t officially have the text of Senator Joseph Biden’s S. 1876 on its Thomas database yet. But the Congressional Record does. Until Thomas catches up, here’s the text of S. 1876, the National Security with ...

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