S 1859 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Sixth Amendment Preservation Act

Introduced Jun 13, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Rand Paul R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 13, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 13, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sixth Amendment Preservation Act

This bill limits the detention authority of the United States.

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 any person by the United States unless it is consistent with the Constitution.

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 person who is arrested in the United States.

Finally, the bill repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 affirming the authority of the Armed Forces to detain individuals captured in connection with hostilities pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force pending the end of hostilities.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 13, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jun 13, 2019Introduced in Senate

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