I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2543 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the definition of unlawful 
enemy combatant for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary 
of Defense relating to military commissions, to establish a statutory 
right of habeas corpus for individuals detained at the detention facility 
at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the defini-
tion of unlawful enemy combatant for purposes of laws 
administered by the Secretary of Defense relating to 
military commissions, to establish a statutory right of 
habeas corpus for individuals detained at the detention 
facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Commissions 
Revision Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 948a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNLAWFUL
ENEMY
COMBATANT.—The 
term ‘‘unlawful enemy combatant’’ means a person 
who has engaged in, attempted, or conspired to en-
gage in acts of armed hostilities or terrorism against 
the United States or its co-belligerents, and who is 
not a lawful enemy combatant.’’. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBAT-
ANT STATUS BY COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW 
TRIBUNAL NOT DISPOSITIVE FOR PURPOSES 
OF JURISDICTION OF MILITARY COMMIS-
SIONS. 
Section 948d of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and by redesignating 
subsection (d) as subsection (c). 
SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF STATEMENTS OBTAINED BY COER-
CION. 
Section 948r of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting 
the following new subsection (c): 
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‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF STATEMENTS OBTAINED BY CO-
ERCION.—A statement obtained by a degree of coercion 
less than torture may be admitted only if the military 
judge finds that— 
‘‘(1) the totality of the circumstances indicates 
that the statement possesses probative value to a 
reasonable person; 
‘‘(2) the interests of justice would best be 
served by admitting the statement into evidence; and 
‘‘(3) the interrogation methods used to obtain 
the statement do not amount to cruel, inhuman or 
degrading treatment.’’. 
SEC. 5. HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 2241(e) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have juris-
diction to hear or consider an application for a writ 
of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien 
enemy combatant detained by the United States who 
has been determined by a Combatant Status Review 
Tribunal, or other administrative review body con-
stituted in accordance with United States law, to 
have been properly detained as an enemy combatant, 
unless a period of two years has elapsed since the 
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