HR 3702 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011

Introduced Dec 16, 2011 Originated House Sponsor John Garamendi D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 6, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 16, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to specify 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 U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident apprehended in the United States, unless an Act of Congress expressly authorizes such detention.

Applies this Act to any such authorizations or declarations enacted before, on, or after the enactment of this Act.

Cosponsors 64

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2011 to May 9, 2012, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Janice Hahn	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-NM	Martin Heinrich	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Dec 16, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 20, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Dec 20, 2011

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 6, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 16, 2011Introduced in House
Dec 16, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2003	Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011	Identical bill	Feb 29, 2012
S 3254	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013	Related bill	Dec 12, 2012
HR 4310	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013	Related bill	Jan 2, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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Dec 16, 2011Introduced in House

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