Sec. 1005. PROCEDURES FOR STATUS REVIEW OF DETAINEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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## SEC. 1005 PROCEDURES FOR STATUS REVIEW OF DETAINEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES **[**[10 U.S.C. 801 note](/us/usc/t10/s801)**]** ###
(a)Submittal of Procedures for Status Review of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan and Iraq ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report setting forth— #####
(A)the procedures of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and the Administrative Review Boards established by direction of the Secretary of Defense that are in operation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for determining the status of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay or to provide an annual review to determine the need to continue to detain an alien who is a detainee; and #####
(B)the procedures in operation in Afghanistan and Iraq for a determination of the status of aliens detained in the custody or under the physical control of the Department of Defense in those countries. ####
(2)Designated civilian official The procedures submitted to Congress pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall ensure that the official of the Department of Defense who is designated by the President or Secretary of Defense to be the final review authority within the Department of Defense with respect to decisions of any such tribunal or board (referred to as the “Designated Civilian Official”) shall be a civilian officer of the Department of Defense holding an office to which appointments are required by law to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. ####
(3)Consideration of new evidence The procedures submitted under paragraph (1)(A) shall provide for periodic review of any new evidence that may become available relating to the enemy combatant status of a detainee. ###
(b)Consideration of Statements Derived With Coercion ####
(1)Assessment The procedures submitted to Congress pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) shall ensure that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or Administrative Review Board, or any similar or successor administrative tribunal or board, in making a determination of status or disposition of any detainee under such procedures, shall, to the extent practicable, assess— #####
(A)whether any statement derived from or relating to such detainee was obtained as a result of coercion; and #####
(B)the probative value (if any) of any such statement. ####
(2)Applicability Paragraph
(1)applies with respect to any proceeding beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(c)Report on Modification of Procedures The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (a)(1) a report on any modification of the procedures submitted under subsection (a). Any such report shall be submitted not later than 60 days before the date on which such modification goes into effect. ###
(d)Annual Report ####
(1)Report required The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual report on the annual review process for aliens in the custody of the Department of Defense outside the United States. Each such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a classified annex, if necessary. The report shall be submitted not later than December 31 each year. ####
(2)Elements of report Each such report shall include the following with respect to the year covered by the report: #####
(A)The number of detainees whose status was reviewed. #####
(B)The procedures used at each location. ###
(e)Judicial Review of Detention of Enemy Combatants ####
(1)In general **[**Omitted-Amendment**]** ####
(2)Review of decisions of combatant status review tribunals of propriety of detention #####
(A)In general Subject to subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of any final decision of a Combatant Status Review Tribunal that an alien is properly detained as an enemy combatant. #####
(B)Limitation on claims The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit under this paragraph shall be limited to claims brought by or on behalf of an alien— ######
(i)who is, at the time a request for review by such court is filed, detained by the United States. ######
(ii)for whom a Combatant Status Review Tribunal has been conducted, pursuant to applicable procedures specified by the Secretary of Defense. #####
(C)Scope of review The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on any claims with respect to an alien under this paragraph shall be limited to the consideration of— ######
(i)whether the status determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal with regard to such alien was consistent with the standards and procedures specified by the Secretary of Defense for Combatant Status Review Tribunals (including the requirement that the conclusion of the Tribunal be supported by a preponderance of the evidence and allowing a rebuttable presumption in favor of the Government's evidence); and ######
(ii)to the extent the Constitution and laws of the United States are applicable, whether the use of such standards and procedures to make the determination is consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States. #####
(D)Termination on release from custody The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with respect to the claims of an alien under this paragraph shall cease upon the release of such alien from the custody of the Department of Defense. **[**Paragraph
(3)was repealed by section 1803(b) of division A of Public Law 111–84 (as amended).**]** ####
(4)Respondent The Secretary of Defense shall be the named respondent in any appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit under this subsection. ###
(f)Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any constitutional right on an alien detained as an enemy combatant outside the United States. ###
(g)United States Defined For purposes of this section, the term “**United States**”, when used in a geographic sense, is as defined in section 101(a)(38) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and, in particular, does not include the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ###
(h)Effective Date ####
(1)In general This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. ####
(2)Review of combatant status tribunal and military commission decisions Paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of subsection
(e)shall apply with respect to any claim whose review is governed by one of such paragraphs and that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 1005
PROCEDURES FOR STATUS REVIEW OF DETAINEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
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