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‘‘§ 950j. Finality or proceedings, findings, and sen-
tences 
‘‘(a) FINALITY.—The appellate review of records of 
trial provided by this chapter, and the proceedings, find-
ings, and sentences of military commissions as approved, 
reviewed, or affirmed as required by this chapter, are final 
and conclusive. Orders publishing the proceedings of mili-
tary commissions under this chapter are binding upon all 
departments, courts, agencies, and officers of the United 
States, except as otherwise provided by the President. 
‘‘(b) PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER SOLE BASIS FOR RE-
VIEW OF MILIARY COMMISSION PROCEDURES AND AC-
TIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sec-
tion 2241 of title 28 or any other habeas corpus provi-
sion), no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to 
hear or consider any claim or cause of action whatsoever, 
including any action pending on or filed after the date of 
the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, 
relating to the prosecution, trial, or judgment of a military 
commission under this chapter, including challenges to the 
lawfulness of procedures of military commissions under 
this chapter. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—PUNITIVE MATTERS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘950p. Statement of substantive offenses. 
‘‘950q. Principals. 
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‘‘950r. Accessory after the fact. 
‘‘950s. Conviction of lesser included offense. 
‘‘950t. Attempts. 
‘‘950u. Solicitation. 
‘‘950v. Crimes triable by military commissions. 
‘‘950w. Perjury and obstruction of justice. 
‘‘950x. Contempt. 
‘‘§ 950p. Statement of substantive offenses 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The provisions of this subchapter 
codify offenses that have traditionally been triable by mili-
tary commissions. This chapter does not establish new 
crimes that did not exist before its enactment, but rather 
codifies those crimes for trial by military commission. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT.—Because the provisions of this sub-
chapter (including provisions that incorporate definitions 
in other provisions of law) are declarative of existing law, 
they do not preclude trial for crimes that occurred before 
the date of the enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 950q. Principals 
‘‘Any person is punishable as a principal under this 
chapter who— 
‘‘(1) commits an offense punishable by this 
chapter, or aids, abets, counsels, commands, or pro-
cures its commission; 
‘‘(2) causes an act to be done which if directly 
performed by him would be punishable by this chap-
ter; or 
‘‘(3) is a superior commander who, with regard 
to acts punishable under this chapter, knew, had 
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H. Res. 629 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 5, 2007. 
Whereas more than 3,000 forest fires have been recorded in 
Greece since June 2007; 
Whereas over a 10-day period, an estimated 4,000 people saw 
their homes destroyed by the wildfires, which razed doz-
ens of villages, destroyed livestock and charred an esti-
mated 469,000 acres of mostly forest and farmland; 
Whereas dozens of Greek families have lost their loved ones 
to the fires; 
Whereas thousands of Greeks have been left homeless and 
hundreds of thousands of acres of pristine forest have 
been destroyed; 
Whereas hundreds of thousands of mature olive trees, vine-
yards and thousands of animals perished in the flames; 
Whereas damage to the Greek economy is estimated at be-
tween $1,600,000,000 and $5,400,000,000; 
Whereas the United States and Greece have stood side by 
side in confronting world challenges throughout the 20th 
century, and will stand together in confronting this new 
challenge; and 
Whereas the United States, through its government, its peo-
ple and its Greek–American community, has already ex-
reason to know, or should have known, that a subor-
dinate was about to commit such acts or had done 
so and the superior failed to take the necessary and 
reasonable measures to prevent such acts or to pun-
ish the perpetrators thereof. 
‘‘§ 950r. Accessory after the fact 
‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing 
that an offense punishable by this chapter has been com-
mitted, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order 
to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial, or punishment 
shall be punished as a military commission under this 
chapter may direct. 
‘‘§ 950s. Conviction of lesser included offense 
‘‘An accused may be found guilty of an offense nec-
essarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt 
to commit either the offense charged or an attempt to 
commit either the offense charged or an offense nec-
essarily included therein. 
‘‘§ 950t. Attempts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person subject to this chap-
ter who attempts to commit any offense punishable by this 
chapter shall be punished as a military commission under 
this chapter may direct. 
‘‘(b) SCOPE OF OFFENSE.—An act, done with spe-
cific intent to commit an offense under this chapter, 
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amounting to more than mere preparation and tending, 
even though failing, to effect its commission, is an attempt 
to commit that offense. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF CONSUMMATION.—Any person sub-
ject to this chapter may be convicted of an attempt to com-
mit an offense although it appears on the trial that the 
offense was consummated. 
‘‘§ 950u. Solicitation 
‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who solicits or 
advises another or others to commit one or more sub-
stantive offenses triable by military commission under this 
chapter shall, if the offense solicited or advised is at-
tempted or committed, be punished with the punishment 
provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the of-
fense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, 
he shall be punished as a military commission under this 
chapter may direct. 
‘‘§ 950v. Crimes triable by military commissions 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.—In this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(1) MILITARY OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘military 
objective’ refers to— 
‘‘(A) combatants; and 
‘‘(B) those objects during an armed con-
flict— 
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‘‘(i) which, by their nature, location, 
purpose, or use, effectively contribute to 
the opposing force’s war-fighting or war- 
sustaining capability; and 
‘‘(ii) the total or partial destruction, 
capture, or neutralization of which would 
constitute a definite military advantage to 
the attacker under the circumstances at 
the time of the attack. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTED
PERSON.—The term ‘pro-
tected person’ refers to any person entitled to pro-
tection under one or more of the Geneva Conven-
tions, including— 
‘‘(A) civilians not taking an active part in 
hostilities; 
‘‘(B) military personnel placed hors de 
combat by sickness, wounds, or detention; and 
‘‘(C) military medical or religious per-
sonnel. 
‘‘(3) PROTECTED PROPERTY.—The term ‘pro-
tected property’ refers to property specifically pro-
tected by the law of war (such as buildings dedicated 
to religion, education, art, science or charitable pur-
poses, historic monuments, hospitals, or places 
where the sick and wounded are collected), if such 
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194 
•HR 3221 EAH2 
sibilities primarily involve the establishment and enforce-
ment of the housing goals under subpart B of part 2 of 
subtitle A of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4561 et seq.) 
shall be transferred to the Federal Housing Finance Agency 
for employment, not later than the effective date of the Fed-
eral Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, and 
such transfer shall be deemed a transfer of function for pur-
poses of section 3503 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) GUARANTEED POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each employee transferred 
under subsection (a) shall be guaranteed a position 
with the same status, tenure, grade, and pay as that 
held on the day immediately preceding the transfer. 
(2) NO INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OR REDUC-
TION.—An employee transferred under subsection (a) 
holding a permanent position on the day immediately 
preceding the transfer may not be involuntarily sepa-
rated or reduced in grade or compensation during the 
12-month period beginning on the date of transfer, ex-
cept for cause, or, in the case of a temporary em-
ployee, separated in accordance with the terms of the 
appointment of the employee. 
(c) APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY FOR EXCEPTED AND 
SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—
property is not being used for military purposes or 
is not otherwise a military objective. Such term in-
cludes objects properly identified by one of the dis-
tinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions. 
‘‘(4) CONSTRUCTION.—The intent specified for 
an offense under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or 
(12) of subsection (b) precludes the applicability of 
such offense with regard to— 
‘‘(A) collateral damage; or 
‘‘(B) death, damage, or injury incident to 
a lawful attack. 
‘‘(b) OFFENSES.—The following offenses shall be tri-
able by military commission under this chapter at any 
time without limitation: 
‘‘(1) MURDER OF PROTECTED PERSONS.—An 
alien unlawful enemy combatant who intentionally 
kills one or more protected persons is guilty of the 
offense of intentionally killing a protected person 
and shall be subject to whatever punishment a com-
mission may direct, including the penalty of death. 
‘‘(2) ATTACKING CIVILIANS.—An alien unlawful 
enemy combatant who intentionally engages in an 
attack upon a civilian population as such or indi-
vidual civilians not taking active part in hostilities is 
guilty of the offense of attacking civilians and shall 
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be subject to whatever punishment a commission 
may direct, including, if death results to one or more 
of the victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘(3) ATTACKING CIVILIAN OBJECTS.—An alien 
unlawful enemy combatant who intentionally en-
gages in an attack upon property that is not a mili-
tary objective shall be guilty of the offense of attack-
ing civilian objects and shall be subject to whatever 
punishment a commission may direct. 
‘‘(4) ATTACKING PROTECTED PROPERTY.—An 
alien unlawful enemy combatant who intentionally 
engages in an attack upon protected property shall 
be guilty of the offense of attacking protected prop-
erty and shall be subject to whatever punishment a 
commission may direct. 
‘‘(5) PILLAGING.—An alien unlawful enemy 
combatant who intentionally and in the absence of 
military necessity appropriates or seizes property for 
private or personal use, without the consent of a 
person with authority to permit such appropriation 
or seizure, shall be guilty of the offense of pillaging 
and shall be subject to whatever punishment a com-
mission may direct. 
‘‘(6) DENYING
QUARTER.—An alien unlawful 
enemy combatant who, with effective command or 
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control over subordinate groups, declares, orders, or 
otherwise indicates to those forces that there shall 
be no survivors or surrender accepted, with the in-
tent therefore to threaten an adversary or to conduct 
hostilities such that there would be no survivors or 
surrender accepted, shall be guilty of denying quar-
ter and shall be subject to whatever punishment a 
commission may direct. 
‘‘(7) TAKING
HOSTAGES.—An alien unlawful 
enemy combatant who, having knowingly seized or 
detained one or more persons, threatens to kill, in-
jure, or continue to detain such person or persons 
with the intent of compelling any nation, person 
other than the hostage, or group of persons to act 
or refrain from acting as an explicit or implicit con-
dition for the safety or release of such person or per-
sons, shall be guilty of the offense of taking hostages 
and shall be subject to whatever punishment a com-
mission may direct, including, if death results to one 
or more of the victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘(8) EMPLOYING POISON OR ANALOGOUS WEAP-
ONS.—An alien unlawful enemy combatant who in-
tentionally, as a method of warfare, employs a sub-
stance or a weapon that releases a substance that 
causes death or serious and lasting damage to health 
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in the ordinary course of events, through its asphyx-
iating, bacteriological, or toxic properties, shall be 
guilty of employing poison or analogous weapons and 
shall be subject to whatever punishment a commis-
sion may direct, including, if death results to one or 
more of the victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘(9) 
USING
PROTECTED
PERSONS
AS 
SHIELDS.—An alien unlawful enemy combatant who 
positions, or otherwise takes advantage of, a pro-
tected person with the intent to shield a military ob-
jective from attack or to shield, favor, or impede 
military operations, shall be guilty of the offense of 
using protected persons as shields and shall be sub-
ject to whatever punishment a commission may di-
rect, including, if death results to one or more of the 
victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘(10) 
USING
PROTECTED
PROPERTY
AS 
SHIELDS.—An alien unlawful enemy combatant who 
positions, or otherwise takes advantage of the loca-
tion of, protected property under the law of war with 
the intent to shield a military objective from attack 
or to shield, favor, or impede military operations, 
shall be guilty of the offense of using protected prop-
erty as shields and shall be subject to whatever pun-
ishment a commission may direct. 
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‘‘(11) TORTURE.—An alien unlawful enemy 
combatant who commits an act specifically intended 
to inflict severe physical pain or suffering or severe 
mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suf-
fering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another 
person within his custody or physical control for the 
purpose of obtaining information or a confession, 
punishment, intimidation, coercion, or any reason 
based on discrimination of any kind, shall be guilty 
of torture and subject to whatever punishment a 
commission may direct, including, if death results to 
one or more of the victims, the penalty of death. In 
this paragraph, the term ‘severe mental pain or suf-
fering’ has the meaning given that term in section 
2340(2) of title 18. 
‘‘(12) CRUEL OR INHUMAN TREATMENT.—An 
alien unlawful enemy combatant who commits an act 
intended to inflict severe physical pain or suffering 
or severe mental pain or suffering (other than pain 
or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions), including 
severe physical abuse, upon another person within 
his custody or physical control shall be guilty of 
cruel or inhuman treatment and subject to whatever 
punishment a commission may direct, including, if 
death results to one or more of the victims, the pen-
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may direct, including, if death results to one or more 
of the victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘(24) PROVIDING
MATERIAL
SUPPORT
FOR 
TERRORISM.—An alien unlawful enemy combatant 
who provides material support or resources, knowing 
or intending that they are to be used in preparation 
for, or in carrying out, an act of terrorism (as de-
fined in paragraph (23)), or who intentionally pro-
vides material support or resources to an inter-
national terrorist organization engaged in hostilities 
against the United States, knowing that such orga-
nization has engaged or engages in terrorism (as de-
fined in paragraph (23)), shall be guilty of the of-
fense of providing material support for terrorism 
and shall be subject to whatever punishment a com-
mission may direct. In this paragraph, the term ‘ma-
terial support or resources’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2339A(b) of title 18. 
‘‘(25) WRONGFULLY AIDING THE ENEMY.—An 
alien unlawful enemy combatant who, in breach of 
an allegiance or duty to the United States, know-
ingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United 
States or one its co-belligerents shall be guilty of the 
offense of wrongfully aiding the enemy and shall be 
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subject to whatever punishment a commission may 
direct. 
‘‘(26) SPYING.—An alien unlawful enemy com-
batant who, with intent or reason to believe that it 
is to be used to the injury of the United States or 
to the advantage of a foreign power, collects or at-
tempts to collect certain information by clandestine 
means or while acting under false pretenses, for the 
purpose of conveying such information to an enemy 
of the United States or one of its co-belligerents, 
shall be guilty of the offense of spying and shall be 
subject to whatever punishment a commission may 
direct, including the penalty of death. 
‘‘(27) CONSPIRACY.—An alien unlawful enemy 
combatant who conspires to commit one or more 
substantive offenses triable under this section, and 
who knowingly does any overt act to effect the object 
of the conspiracy, shall be guilty of conspiracy and 
shall be subject to whatever punishment a commis-
sion may direct, including, if death results to one or 
more of the victims, the penalty of death. 
‘‘§ 950w. Perjury and obstruction of justice 
‘‘A military commission under this chapter may try 
offenses and impose punishments for perjury, false testi-
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mony, or obstruction of justice related to military commis-
sions under this chapter. 
‘‘§ 950x. Contempt 
‘‘A military commission under this chapter may pun-
ish for contempt any person who uses any menacing word, 
sign, or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its pro-
ceedings by any riot or disorder.’’. 
(2) TABLES OF CHAPTERS AMENDMENTS.—The 
tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A, and 
at the beginning of part II of subtitle A, of title 10, 
United States Code, are each amended by inserting 
after the item relating to chapter 47 the following 
new item: 
‘‘47A. Military Commissions ..................................................................... 948a.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO UCMJ.—Section 
836(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 36(a) of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice)), is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, except as provided in chapter 47A of this title,’’ 
after ‘‘but which may not’’. 
(c) SUBMITTAL OF PROCEDURES TO CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report setting forth the proce-
dures for military commissions prescribed under chapter 
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SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
Section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking both the subsection (e) added by sec-
tion 1005(e)(1) of Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2742) 
and the subsection (e) added by section 1405(e)(1) of 
Public Law 109–163 (119 Stat. 3477) and inserting the 
following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e)(1) Except as provided for in this subsection, and 
notwithstanding any other law, no court, justice, or judge 
shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any claim or 
cause of action, including an application for a writ of ha-
beas corpus, pending on or filed after the date of the en-
actment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, against 
the United States or its agents, brought by or on behalf 
of any alien detained by the United States as an unlawful 
enemy combatant, relating to any aspect of the alien’s de-
tention, transfer, treatment, or conditions of confinement. 
‘‘(2) The United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
to determine the validity of any final decision of a Combat-
ant Status Review Tribunal. The scope of such review is 
defined in section 1005(e)(2) of the Detainee Treatment 
Act of 2005. If the Court grants a detainee’s petition for 
review, the Secretary of Defense may conduct a new Com-
batant Status Review Tribunal. 
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‘‘(3) Review shall be had only of final judgments of 
military commissions as provided for pursuant to section 
950g of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) The court may consider classified information 
submitted in camera and ex parte in making any deter-
mination under this section.’’. 
SEC. 6. SATISFACTION OF TREATY OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Satisfaction of the prohibitions 
against cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment set forth 
in section 1003 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 2000dd) shall fully satisfy United States obli-
gations with respect to the standards for detention and 
treatment established by section 1 of Common Article 3 
of the Geneva Conventions, with the exception of the obli-
gations imposed by subsections 1(b) and 1(d) of such Arti-
cle . 
(b) RIGHTS NOT JUDICIALLY ENFORCEABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No person in any habeas ac-
tion or any other action may invoke the Geneva Con-
ventions or any protocols thereto as a source of 
rights, whether directly or indirectly, for any pur-
pose in any court of the United States or its States 
or territories. 
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nerships to carry out the authorized activities 
described in subsection (d).’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’ in 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(f)(3)’’. 
(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (b) 
of such section is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership 
desiring a subgrant under this part shall submit an 
application to the State educational agency, at such 
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in-
formation as the State educational agency may re-
quire.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) a description of how the activities to 
be carried out by the eligible partnership will be 
based on a review of scientifically based re-
search or modeled after programs identified by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, to be rep-
licated on a more expansive basis, and an expla-
nation of how the activities are expected to im-
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