HR 1012
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 12, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States; or (2) coordinate with any other department or agency to transfer any such individual to the United States.
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from: (1) using any facility closed through a base closure process for housing any such individual; or (2) constructing, modifying, or improving any facility in the United States or its territories for housing any such individual.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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