That means most of those who might be eligible for prosecution under this bill, should it become law, will be residing outside U.S. jurisdiction.
But the number of cases considered "actionable," that is eligible for prosecution within the military justice system, fell to 47 percent, from 60 percent in 2010.
A 2009 review deemed about three dozen detainees eligible for prosecution, but only about a third of them were linked to specific attacks, officials have said.
All three appeals judges suggested that they were considering whether the trial judges could decide whether detainees were unlawful combatants and therefore eligible for prosecution by military panels.
That is up fivefold from before zero tolerance, he said, but still represents only 40percentt of border crossers eligible for prosecution.
The lawmakers said at a news conference that revoking citizenship would block terrorism suspects from using American passports to re-enter the United States and make them eligible for prosecution before a military commission instead of a civilian court.
Most of the recently revealed sexual abuse cases in Germany, where a growing scandal has damaged the reputation of the Roman Catholic Church, have not been eligible for prosecution because of the statute of limitations, which extends until 10 years after the victim's 18th birthday.
Last week, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said the department would be open to investigating additional claims of sexual assault against Cosby, even if the alleged attacks were no longer eligible for prosecution. .
Uncertainty over whether they are eligible and fear of prosecution keep large numbers of felons from casting ballots, said Marc Meredith, an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
The survivors advocacy network Protect Our Defenders found that in 2015 only 20% of eligible cases made it to prosecution.
