28 U.S.C. § 2241
Power to grant writ
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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The writ of habeas corpus shall not extend to a prisoner unless—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- Military Commissions Act of 2006
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008