H.R. 2710 · 110th Congress

To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Joe Sestak
Introduced
2007-06-13
Latest action
2007-07-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summary

Amends federal law concerning the detention of suspected enemy combatants to: (1) repeal a provision that denies any court or judge jurisdiction to consider a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination; (2) repeal provisions of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 concerning limitations on the review of decisions of combatant status review tribunals on the propriety of detention of suspected enemy combatants; and (3) revise generally provisions concerning the limited review of military commission procedures and actions.