S.147 - Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act

A bill to require the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to limit the use of certain interrogation techniques, to prohibit interrogation by contractors, to require notification of the International Committee of the Red Cross of detainees, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to require the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to limit the use of certain interrogation techniques, to prohibit interrogation by contractors, to require notification of the International Committee of the Red Cross of detainees, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act as introduced.
  • Short: Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act as introduced.

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1/6/2009--Introduced.Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there. Requires each such detainee to be either: (1) charged with a v

Official Summary

1/6/2009--Introduced.Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there. Requires each such detainee to be either:
(1) charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and transferred to an appropriate U.S. facility for further legal proceedings;
(2) transferred for trial to an international tribunal operating under United Nations (UN) authority;
(3) transferred (under certain conditions) to the custody of the government of the individual's country of citizenship or a different country;
(4) released; or
(5) held in accordance with the law of the armed conflict. Prohibits an individual in the custody or control of an element of the intelligence community (IC) or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of the individual's nationality or physical location, from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations. Prohibits the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from allowing a CIA contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation. Requires any interrogation carried out on behalf of the CIA to be conducted only by a CIA employee. Requires the head of an IC element or a contractor or subcontractor of such element who detains or has custody or control over an individual to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross of such detention, and to provide Red Cross access to such individual in a manner consistent with practices of the Armed Forces.

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...to these populations and their host countries, and facilitating the resettlement of Iraqis at risk. * Urge Senators to cosponsor S.147, the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act of 2009, a bill to outlaw the CIA's coercive interrogation program, requir

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12/22/10
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Similar to H. 3152, S. 24 and S. 147. S. 28 | Chief sponsor: Sen. Glenn McConnell, Co-sponsors: McGill and Verdin Specifies that the governor must notify the lieutenant governor when he leaves the state, and to define certain terms ...

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12/20/10
SEATON v GRANT | 73 Wire

n(7) 2 D. J. & S. 147. n(8) 9 Jur. 368. The Court, under a voluntary winding-up, has a discretionary power of restraining proceedings against the company: In re Sabloni re Hotel Company n(1) . Mr. Wickens, for the Defendant Seymour. ...

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