S.Amdt. 2574

SA 2574. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF PERSONS
BY THE UNITED STATES.

Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is
amended by striking subsections (a) through (f) and inserting
the following:
``(a) 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 person apprehended in
the United States.
``(b) Subsection (a) applies to an authorization to use
military force, a declaration of war, or any similar
authority enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2019.
``(c) This section shall not be construed to authorize the
imprisonment or detention of any person who is apprehended in
the United States.''.
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