,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #c1      
#bjai,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mrs4      
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4            
,whitehouse1 and ,ms4 ,collins7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to clarify that an authorization to use
 military force1 a declaration of war1  
or any similar authority shall not      
authorize the detention without charge  
or trial of a citizen or lawful         
permanent resident of the ,united       
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,due ,process ,guarantee ,act4  #b4 
,prohibition on the indefinite detention
 of citizens and lawful permanent       
residents  7a7 ,limitation on detention 
7#a7 ,in general ,section #djja7;a7 of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7,a7 by striking ,no citizen  
and inserting the following3  7#a7 ,no  

citizen or lawful permanent resident of 
the ,united ,states  2 and  7,b7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,any ,act of ,congress that authorizes  
an imprisonment or detention described  
in paragraph 7#a7 shall be consistent   
with the ,constitution and expressly    
authorize such imprisonment or          
detention4  4  7#b7 ,applicability      
,nothing in section #djja7;a77#b7 of    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by paragraph 7#a77;,b71 may be    
construed to limit1 narrow1 abolish1 or 
revoke any detention authority conferred
 by statute1 declaration of war1        
authorization to use military force1 or 
similar authority effective prior to the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4    
7b7 ,relationship to an authorization   
,to use military force1 declaration of  
war1 or similar authority ,section #djja
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 as
 amended by subsection 7a7 is further   
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7c72 and   

7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following3  7b7 7#a7 ,no ,united    
,states citizen or lawful permanent     
resident who is apprehended in the      
,united ,states may be imprisoned or    
otherwise detained without charge or    
trial unless such imprisonment or       
detention is expressly authorized by an 
,act of ,congress4  7#b7 ,a general     
authorization to use military force1 a  
declaration of war1 or any similar      
authority1 on its own1 may 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 ,states4  7#c7 ,paragraph   
7#b7 shall apply to an authorization to 
use military force1 a declaration of    
war1 or any similar authority enacted   
before1 on1 or after the date of the    
enactment of the ,due ,process          
,guarantee ,act4  7#d7 ,this section may
 not be construed to authorize the      
imprisonment or detention of a citizen  

of the ,united ,states1 a lawful        
permanent resident of the ,united       
,states1 or any other person who is     
apprehended in the ,united ,states4  4