S 34 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Justice for 9/11 Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 8, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Justice for 9/11 Act

This bill provides that any plea agreement entered into by Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi for actions involving the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and its related judgment must not preclude the trial of such individuals under other provisions of law for that attack. In any trial of such individuals, the death penalty must be available.

In the case of any sentence imposed on Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, the individual must (1) be held at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in solitary confinement; (2) not be provided contact with foreign nationals; (3) not be provided with psychological treatment except that specifically authorized by medical authorities at Guantanamo Bay; and (4) not be transferred to the continental United States or any other country.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2025 to Jan 9, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalJan 8, 2025
R-KSJerry MoranJan 9, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 8, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 296Justice for 9/11 ActRelated billJan 9, 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 8, 2025Introduced in Senate

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