S 2999
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Caribbean area
Cuba
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
A bill to prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 26, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits U.S. agency funds from being used until the earlier of the enactment date of an Act authorizing FY2017 appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) or January 1, 2017, for the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions or to any foreign country or entity of an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"Individual detained at Guantanamo" means an individual located at Guantanamo as of October 1, 2009, who: (1) is not a U.S. national or a member of the Armed Forces, and (2) is in the custody or under the control of DOD or otherwise detained at Guantanamo.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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