[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7999 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7999
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction or
modification of facilities in the United States to house detainees
transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 9, 2022
Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs.
Miller of Illinois, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction or
modification of facilities in the United States to house detainees
transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Transferring GITMO Terrorists to
America Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION,
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may be used
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer of or release to or
within the United States, its territories, or possessions any
individual detained at Guantanamo.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
(a) In General.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal
year may be used to construct or modify any facility in the United
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual
detained at Guantanamo for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in
the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
SEC. 4. INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means
any individual located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the control of the
Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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