(8) work through international fora, including 
the United Nations, to strengthen the capacity of 
international treaties and organizations to confront 
the challenge of global terrorism. 
TITLE II—DETENTION OF 
TERRORIST SUSPECTS 
SEC. 201. REGISTRATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COM-
MITTEE OF THE RED CROSS. 
(a) REGISTRATION.—The head of an element of the 
intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)) that 
has custody or effective control of an individual shall, as 
soon as practicable upon the detention of the individual— 
(1) notify the International Committee of the 
Red Cross of such custody or effective control; and 
(2) provide the International Committee of the 
Red Cross physical and repeat access to such indi-
vidual. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) shall not be con-
strued to— 
(1) create or modify the authority of an element 
of the intelligence community to detain an indi-
vidual; or 
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(2) limit or otherwise affect any other rights or 
obligations which may arise under any provision of 
law or an international agreement. 
TITLE III—ENHANCING 
PROSECUTION OF TERRORISTS 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) International terrorists, including members 
of al Qaeda, have carried out attacks on United 
States diplomatic and military personnel and facili-
ties abroad and on citizens and property within the 
United States and constitute a grave and sustained 
threat to the national security of the United States. 
(2) In response to the threat of international 
terrorism, the United States must pursue a multi- 
faced strategy that applies all appropriate tools of 
national power, including military, diplomatic, eco-
nomic, cultural, and legal tools. 
(3) The ability of the United States to detain, 
prosecute, and convict individuals suspected of com-
mitting or supporting terrorism or of otherwise wag-
ing hostilities against the United States is vital to 
efforts to combat terrorism and to United States na-
tional security. 
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(4) Attempts to implement a military tribunal 
system in accordance with Executive Order 13425, 
the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–366), or the President’s Military Order of No-
vember 13, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 57,833), have failed 
to achieve their stated mission of bringing suspected 
terrorists and combatants to justice. To date, the 
tribunals and commissions established in connection 
with these efforts have yielded just two convictions, 
the first following a guilty plea by the defendant, 
and have failed to achieve the conviction of a single 
individual in connection with the terrorist attacks on 
the United States on September 11, 2001. 
(5) The United States Supreme Court has 
found serious conflicts between efforts to implement 
a military tribunal system for the trial of detained 
terrorist suspects and obligations under the Con-
stitution, Federal law, and international treaties to 
which the United States is party. 
(6) The United States, through the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice and the civilian justice sys-
tem, possesses adequate jurisdiction to try any indi-
vidual engaged in committing, conspiring to commit, 
or providing material support for, acts of terrorism, 
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unlawful combat, or other hostilities against the 
United States. 
(7) The Uniform Code of Military Justice es-
tablishes a system for the fair and speedy trial of 
combatants and others engaged in hostilities against 
the United States for violations against the law of 
war and related offenses. 
(8) The United States civilian justice system al-
lows for the fair and speedy trial of individuals who 
engage in terrorist activities against the United 
States who are enemy combatants, terrorists, or oth-
erwise engaged in criminal acts, and there is an ex-
tensive legal framework providing jurisdiction over 
the offenses committed by such individuals. 
(9) Since September 11, 2001, the United 
States civilian justice system has accumulated an 
impressive record of success in prosecuting and con-
victing individuals suspected of committing or sup-
porting terrorism, having convicted at least 145 such 
individuals, and is an essential and effective tool in 
combating international terrorism. 
(10) Existing laws and regulations, including 
the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 
U.S.C. App. 3; Public Law 96–456), provide a de-
tailed framework for protecting the full range of sen-
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sitive and classified information during the prosecu-
tion of cases involving terrorism offenses and related 
crimes. 
(11) In addition to the existing United States 
civilian and military justice systems, the Federal 
Government possesses other legal authorities that 
may be useful as tools in detaining and prosecuting 
international terrorists, including authority to detain 
illegal aliens under Federal immigration laws. 
(12) Given the failure of the military commis-
sions system established under the Military Commis-
sions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–366) and other 
authorities, the legal and constitutional obstacles to 
fully implementing military commissions system, and 
the success and potential of the civilian and military 
justice systems in bringing terrorists to justice, the 
national security of the United States is best served 
by vigorously pursuing efforts to bring terrorists to 
justice through the United States civilian and mili-
tary justice systems. 
SEC. 302. REPEAL OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006. 
(a) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 
MILITARY COMMISSIONS.— 
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