Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the Attorney General's possession regarding certain matters pertaining to detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who are transferred into the United States.

Bill: 111-hres-920
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Directs the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including the Office of the Solicitor General, that relates to: (1) any legal guidance or recommendations made since January 20, 2009, regarding additional legal rights or protections, including under the Constitution, statutes, and treaties, detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receive when transferred into the United States from such Naval Station; or (2) pretrial detention, post conviction incarceration, or transportation within the United States, of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are to be transferred into the United States for prosecution and trial in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.
 

action_date: 2009-12-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including the Office of the Solicitor General, that relates to: (1) any legal guidance or recommendations made since January 20, 2009, regarding additional legal rights or protections, including under the Constitution, statutes, and treaties, detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receive when transferred into the United States from such Naval Station; or (2) pretrial detention, post conviction incarceration, or transportation within the United States, of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are to be transferred into the United States for prosecution and trial in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Reported adversely by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-378.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Reported adversely by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-378.
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House