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A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Apr 30, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5308)
Apr 30, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5307-5308)
Apr 30, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Requires all current detainees there to be: (1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and tried before a regularly-constituted court; (2) transferred to a U.S. facility without being charged if the detainee may be held as an enemy combatant or pursuant to other legal authority; (3) transferred to an international tribunal operating under authority of the United Nations (UN) with jurisdiction to hold trials; (4) transferred to their country of citizenship or a different country for further legal process, provided that such country provides adequate assurances that the individual will not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or (5) released from any further detention.

What's happening now December 11, 2007

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 8, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1249: A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1249/
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"S. 1249: A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1249/.
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S. 1249, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1249/.
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