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.
Latest action · Dec 15, 2009 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 19, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
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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.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2009 to Dec 1, 2009; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Nov 19, 2009 |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Dec 1, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 19, 2009Markup Dec 9, 2009Reported Dec 15, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2009Reported adversely by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-378.
- Dec 15, 2009Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
- Dec 9, 2009Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 9, 2009Ordered to be Reported Adversely by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
- Nov 19, 2009Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40879 | Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017 Archived | Report | Nov 9, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Caribbean area
- Congress
- 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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2009Reported in House
- Nov 19, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
