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Military Commissions Act of 2006

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.


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Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing (June 17, 2008; LTC Daniel J. Baumgartner, Jr., LTC Diane E. Beaver, RADM Jane G. Dalton, Mr. William J. Haynes, II, Mr. Alberto J. Mora, Mr. Richard L. Shiffrin, Dr. Jerald F. Ogrisseg)
Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States [regarding Combatant Status Review Tribunals]
(June 12, 2008)
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (June 10, 2008; Senators Patrick Leahy, Russ Feingold, and Dianne Feinstein; Valerie E. Caproni, John E. Cloonan, Hon. Glenn A. Fine, Philip Heymann, Philippe Sands)
The Manual for Military Commissions (January 18, 2007)
P.L. 109-366 (Military Commissions Act of 2006; October 17, 2006)
House Floor Debate and Passage (September 29, 2006)
House Floor Debate (September 27, 2006)
Senate Floor Debate and Passage (September 28, 2006)
Senate Floor Debate (September 27, 2006)
S.3930 (As passed)
S.3930 (As placed on the calendar)
H. Rep. No. 109-688 (Report to accompany H. Res. 1042)
H. Res. 1042 (Rule for consideration of H.R. 6166)
H.R. 6166 (As passed by the House)
H.R. 6166 (As introduced)
H. Rep. No. 109-664, Part 2, to accompany H.R. 6054(Report of the Committee on the Judiciary…)
H. Rep. No. 109-664, Part 1, to accompany H.R. 6054 (Report of the Committee on Armed Services…)
H.R. 6054 (The bill as introduced in the House, referred to the Committee on Armed Services and the  Committees on the Judiciary and International Relations)
Statements before the House Committee on Armed Services (MG Scott C. Black, Mr. Steven G. Bradbury, MG Charles J. Dunlap, JR., RADM Bruce MacDonald, BG James C. Walker)
Statements before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Senator Patrick Leahy; MG Scott C. Black, Mr. Steven G. Bradbury, RADM Bruce MacDonald, MG Jack Rives, BG Kevin M. Sandkuhler)
President’s Message to Congress (Congressional Record, September 6, 2006)
House Document No. 109-133 (September 7, 2006) Updated!
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