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49–011 2006

109th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–133 

PROPOSED LEGISLATION: MILITARY COMMISSIONS 

ACT OF 2006 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A DRAFT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION ENTITLED THE ‘‘MILITARY 

COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006’’. 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, and International Relations and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

I transmit for the consideration of the Congress draft legislation 

entitled the ‘‘Military Commissions Act of 2006.’’ This draft legislation responds to the Supreme Court of the United States decision 

in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S. Ct. 2749 (2006), by establishing for 

the first time in our Nation’s history a comprehensive statutory 

structure for military commissions that would allow for the fair 

and effective prosecution of captured members of al Qaeda and 

other unlawful enemy combatants. The Act also addresses the Supreme Court’s holding that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to the conflict with al Qaeda by providing definitions rooted in United States law for the standards of conduct prescribed by Common Article 3. 

The military commission procedures contained in this draft legislation reflect the result of an extended deliberation both within the 

executive branch and between representatives of my Administration and Members of Congress. The draft legislation would establish a Code of Military Commissions that tracks the courts-martial 

procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but that departs from those procedures where they would be impracticable or 

inappropriate for the trial of unlawful enemy combatants captured 

in the midst of an ongoing armed conflict, under circumstances far 

different from those typically encountered by military prosecutors. 

Five years after the mass murders of 9/11, it is time for the 

United States to begin to prosecute captured al Qaeda members for 

the serious crimes that many of them have committed against 

United States citizens and our allies abroad. As we provide terrorists the justice and due process that they denied their victims, we 

demonstrate that our Nation remains committed to the rule of law. 

I ask that the Congress carefully consider this legislation and respectfully urge its speedy passage for enactment into law. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 6, 2006. 


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