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SRES 469 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Congressional oversight Cuba Detention of persons Latin America Military facilities and property Military operations and strategy Terrorism

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the May 31, 2014, transfer of five detainees from the detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Introduced: June 11, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3606)
Jun 11, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the transfers of detainees Khairullah Khairkhwa, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mohammed Fazl, Noorullah Noori, and Mohammed Nabi Omari from U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar on May 31, 2014, violated the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.

Declares that Congress should: (1) investigate the actions taken by President Obama and his administration that led to the unlawful transfer of such detainees, and (2) determine the impact of such transfers on the common defense of the United States and measures that should be taken to mitigate any negative consequences.

What's happening now June 11, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3606)

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