To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3676.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANDRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H9431):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 10, 11, 14, and 18), which grants Congress the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, to make rules concerning captures on land and water; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  455 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3676, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3676

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a821d575bf9965dc7cb4e6e29f48c32628a566efc376c96bf3e21f03611faf52

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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