[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4738 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4738

To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in 
 the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution 
 of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2010

Mr. McKeon (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Bishop 
of Utah, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Akin, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Hunter, Mr. LoBiondo, 
Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Platts, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Franks of 
  Arizona, and Mr. Kline of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Department of Defense military installations in 
 the United States, its territories or possessions for the prosecution 
 of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
              INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR 
              POSSESSIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED 
              IN THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    (a) Prohibition.--None of the installations owned, operated, or 
under the effective control of the Department of Defense that are 
located in the United States, its territories or possessions, may be 
used to commence or continue the prosecution in an Article III court of 
the United States of an individual described in subsection (b) for any 
offense that may be prosecuted by military commission under chapter 47A 
of title 10, United States Code (as amended by the Military Commissions 
Act of 2009 (title XVIII of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84))).
    (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual suspected of planning, authorizing, 
organizing, committing, or aiding the attacks on the United States and 
its citizens that occurred on September 11, 2001, who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States; and
            (2) is subject to jurisdiction under chapter 47A of title 
        10, United States Code (as so amended).
    (c) Article III Court of the United States Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``Article III court of the United States'' means a 
court of the United States established pursuant to Article III of the 
Constitution of the United States.
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