Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3886
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-09-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air piracy
Appellate procedure
Biological warfare
Capital punishment
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Confession (Law)
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Constitutional law
Court records
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Death
Destruction of property
Detention of persons
Due process of law
Electronic surveillance
Emblems
Environmental Protection
Espionage
Evidence (Law)
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hostages
Human rights
Imprisonment
International Affairs
Judges
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Military law
Murder
Pleas (Criminal procedure)
Poisons
President and foreign policy
Pretrial procedure
Prisoners
Prisoners of war
Prosecution
Rape
Right to counsel
Searches and seizures
Self-incrimination
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
State-sponsored terrorism
Supreme Court
Suspects' rights
Terrorism
Torture
Transportation and Public Works
Treaties
Trials
War casualties
War crimes
Warrants (Law)
Witnesses
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-11
text: 
Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006 - Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Authorizes the: (1) President to establish military commissions (commissions) to try individuals for violations of the law of war and other triable offenses; (2) commissions to impose upon any person found guilty any sentence appropriate to the offense, including death or imprisonment for life; and (3) Secretary of Defense to carry out such sentences.
 
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to codify and establish procedures governing the use of commissions to try unlawful enemy combatants for violations of triable offenses. Makes eligible to serve on a commission any U.S. commissioned officer on active duty. Requires to be detailed to each commission a military judge, trial and military defense counsel, and reporters and interpreters. Requires at least five members in each commission.
 
Prescribes, with respect to each established commission, pre-trial and trial procedures, including charges, rules of evidence, pleas, opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence, and defenses. Requires: (1) a two-thirds commission member vote for conviction; (2) a three-fourths member vote for a sentence of life imprisonment or confinement of more than ten years; and (3) a unanimous vote by at least 12 members in a case in which the death penalty is sought.
 
Prescribes post-trial procedures and reviews of commission actions, including appeal by the United States, rehearings, and review by the Court of Military Commission Review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
 
Outlines offenses triable by commissions.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to add certain actions to be considered violations of the War Crimes Act.
 
National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (the Act) to establish a new title relating to electronic surveillance. Gives the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court) (established under the Act) jurisdiction to review U.S. electronic surveillance programs (programs) that seek to obtain foreign intelligence information or to protect against international terrorism. Allows the Court to issue an order that authorizes a program for up to 90 days. Provides for congressional oversight of approved programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9577-9578)
action_date: 2006-09-12
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605.
action_date: 2006-09-11
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-11
text: Introduced in Senate