To establish a national commission on presidential war powers and civil liberties.

HB 104 To establish a national commission on presidential war powers and civil liberties

US Congress 111th Congress

To establish a national commission on presidential war powers and civil liberties.
HB-104


About HB-104

Establishes the National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties to investigate, and report to the President and Congress on, the broad range of policies of the Bush Administration that were undertaken under claims of unreviewable war powers, including:

  • (1) detention by the Armed Forces and the intelligence community;
  • (2) the use by such entities of enhanced interrogation techniques or techniques not authorized by the Uniform Code of Military Justice;
  • (3) "ghosting" or other policies intended to conceal an individual's capture or detention;
  • (4) extraordinary rendition; and
  • (5) domestic warrantless electronic surveillance.

  

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Introduced 11/25/2010

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History

Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties.

06/12/2009

Referred To The Committee On Armed Services, And In Addition To The Committees On Intelligence (permanent Select), The Judiciary, And Foreign Affairs, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned.

01/06/2009

Referred To House Armed Services

01/06/2009

Referred To House Intelligence (permanent Select)

01/06/2009

Referred To House Judiciary

01/06/2009

Referred To House Foreign Affairs

01/06/2009