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Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007

Introduced: May 23, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561)
May 23, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6560-6561)
May 23, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007 - Directs the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Prohibits (with exceptions) the use of funds appropriated for FY2007 or FY2008 for such facility or for the detention at such facility of any foreign national who was detained there on or after March 31, 2007.

What's happening now May 23, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 21, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1469: Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1469/
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"S. 1469: Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1469/.
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S. 1469, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1469/.
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