Due Process Guarantee Act

Bill: 115-s-1216
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Detention of persons

Immigration status and procedures

Military operations and strategy

War and emergency powers
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Due Process Guarantee Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to limit the detention authority of the United States. </p> <p>Current law prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen by the United States unless it is authorized by an act of Congress. This bill prohibits the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident by the United States unless it is consistent with the Constitution and expressly authorized by an act of Congress. </p> <p>Additionally, it specifies that a general authorization to use military force or similar measure, on its own, does not authorize the indefinite detention of a citizen or lawful permanent resident who is arrested in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1216 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2017 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Collins , and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Due Process Guarantee Act . 2. Prohibition on the indefinite detention of citizens and lawful permanent residents (a) In general Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) No citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except consistent with the Constitution and pursuant to an Act of Congress that expressly authorizes such imprisonment or detention. . (b) Relationship to an authorization To use military force, declaration of war, or similar authority Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) (1) A general authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority, on its own, shall not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States. (2) Paragraph (1) applies to an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Due Process Guarantee Act . (3) This section shall not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or detention of a citizen of the United States, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, or any other person who is apprehended in the United States. .