HR 4120
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Arkansas
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Cuba
Detention of persons
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act
Introduced: November 19, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1