S.Amdt. 2715

1. Adds SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF CITIZENS AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF CITIZENS AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

   Inserted: Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(a) No citizen or lawful permanent resident shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except consistent with the Constitution and pursuant to an Act of Congress that expressly authorizes such imprisonment or detention.";

   Inserted: (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

   Inserted: "(b)(1) A general authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority, on its own, shall not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States.

   Inserted: "(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.

   Inserted: "(3) This section shall not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or detention of a citizen of the United States, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, or any other person who is apprehended in the United States.".

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   Original wording

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As printed