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HR 4120 111th Congress House

Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act

Official title: To prohibit the transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security ArkansasCaribbean areaCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
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CubaDetention of personsIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasLatin AmericaMilitary facilities and propertyMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNorth DakotaOhioSouth DakotaWisconsin
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Nov 19, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 4, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act - Prohibits an individual detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from being: (1) transferred to or housed in a facility in a Midwestern state; or (2) prosecuted or tried for any offense against the United States in any Midwestern state.

Defines "Midwestern state" as Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Nebraska, and Kansas.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4120: Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4120/
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"H.R. 4120: Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4120/.
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H.R. 4120, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4120/.
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