Key Votes
H Amdt 1127 - Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Debbie Wasserman Schultz voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
Read statements Debbie Wasserman Schultz made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
- HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- H Amdt 1127 - Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
- H Amdt 1103 - Limits Funding for War in Afghanistan to the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces
- H Amdt 1140 - Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Introduced (House) - May 18, 2012
Title: Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (House) (182-238) - May 18, 2012(Key vote)
Title: Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 4310 that prohibits the Armed Forces of the United States from detaining individuals captured or arrested in the United States without trial, or from transferring such individuals to military custody.
- Prohibits individuals associated with al-Qaeda or the Taliban, or who participated in the attacks of September 11, 2001, from being detained without trial if such individuals were detained, captured, or arrested in the United States or a territory or possession of the United States.
- Requires the Federal government to immediately transfer such individuals for trial in a federal or state court.
- Prohibits the transfer of individuals detained, captured or arrested in the United States to military custody.
- Repeals the requirement to detain individuals associated with al-Qaeda or the Taliban, or who participated in the attacks of September 11, 2001, in military custody.
- Requires all trials to have the due process provided for under the Constitution of the United States.