I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4556 
To prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution 
in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in 
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LEWIS 
of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
CAO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. BOREN, Mr. DAVIS 
of Kentucky, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. SHUSTER, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. 
CAPITO, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. COFFMAN of Colo-
rado, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
and Mr. LANCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for 
the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States 
of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, ter-
rorist attacks. 
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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE FUNDS FOR PROSECUTION IN ARTI-
CLE III COURTS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED 
IN THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST AT-
TACKS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROSECU-
TION OF 9/11 TERRORISTS IN ARTICLE III COURTS.— 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for the Department of Justice may be obligated or 
expended to commence or continue the prosecution in an 
Article III court of the United States of an individual de-
scribed in subsection (b) for any offense that may be pros-
ecuted by military commission under chapter 47A of title 
10, United States Code (as amended by the Military Com-
missions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of 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 Sep-
tember 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 amended by the 
Military Commissions Act of 2009). 
(c) ARTICLE III COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Article III court of the 
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United States’’ means a court of the United States estab-
lished under Article III of the Constitution of the United 
States. 
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