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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.

Introduced: May 26, 2016 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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May 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 26, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 26, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5351 Identical bill To prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
 Bill text 1 version

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 26, 2016
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · May 26, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2999: A bill to prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2999/
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