Tenth Amendment Alert: HB1279 Protection From Military Action - Committee Vote Jan 23rd - Granite Grok

Tenth Amendment Alert: HB1279 Protection From Military Action – Committee Vote Jan 23rd

tac-logo-231Today, we received a tip from our friends at the Tenth Amendment Center that HB1279, which is currently in committee, could be coming up for a vote tomorrow, Thursday Jan 23rd. Here is the text of their alert:

We were just notified of a possible committee vote on Thu, 01-23-14

Introduced by Democratic Rep. Tim O’Flaherty and co-sponsored by Michael Sylvia (r) Michael Garcia (d) Joel Winters (d) Daniel Itse (r), HB1279 would declare indefinite detention under 2012 NDAA (or any other federal act) to be unconstitutional, and expressly ban the state from taking actions which effectuate it.

live-free-or-die-new-hampshire-2It is likely to come up for a do-or-die Committee vote on 01-23-14, and your action is needed now to help the bill move forward!

Call all the members of the State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee.

Find the membership for this committee here.

Call and leave messages overnight. Call first thing in the morning. Every last minute push could help get the bill passed! It is important that you call because a phone call has 10x the impact of an email, which is unlikely to be read in time.

Be strong, but respectful. Urge each and every one of them to vote YES on HB1279.

Visit TenthAmendmentCenter.com and provide feedback.

TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION THEY WILL LIKELY VOTE ON:

CHAPTER 642-A

Protection from Military action

642:1 Protection Against Unlawful Military Action Within New Hampshire. The General Court of New Hampshire and the Governor of New Hampshire hold that indefinite detention or transfer to jurisdictions outside the United States of citizens of New Hampshire in particular and citizens of the United States in general are unlawful pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, Part the First, Articles 15, 17 and 19, and the Constitution for the United States of America, Amendments IV, V and VI. Therefore, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, Article 7, and the Constitution for the United States, Amendments IX and X, Notwithstanding notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no New Hampshire agency, political subdivision, or employee of either acting in his or her official capacity, and no member of the New Hampshire national guard under the command of the governor when such member is serving in the national guard, may knowingly engage in any activity that aids an agency of or the armed forces of the United States in the execution of 50 U.S.C. section 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-18, section 1021, or any other similar law, order or regulation, in the investigation, arrest, detention, extra-judicial transfer to foreign jurisdictions or entities, military tribunal or trial, of any person within the United States. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to prevent cooperation with federal civilian authorities not acting pursuant to 50 U.S.C. section 1541, as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-18, section 1021, or any other similar law, order, or regulation, nor to any training which may apply to tasks in common with those required to execute 50 U.S.C. section 1541, as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-18, section 1021.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.

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