S 2559
114th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act
Introduced: February 22, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 22, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 22, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act
This bill prohibits the President from modifying, terminating, abandoning, or transferring the lease with the government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45 square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless: (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed lease change, and (2) afterwards Congress enacts a law authorizing the change.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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