3.0.0 1249 2023-01-11T19:40:26Z 2023-01-11T19:40:26Z Senate S S 2007-04-30 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2007-12-11T23:02:55Z ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-30T19:46:04Z To require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. 110 2212 HR 2007-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2007-12-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2007-04-30 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5308) IntroReferral 2007-04-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5307-5308) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-05-07 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-05-08 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-05-11 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-06-11 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-10-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Crime and Law Enforcement Cuba Detention of persons Extradition Human rights International Affairs International courts International law Latin America Law Military base closures Military bases Prisoners of war Prisons Prosecution Punishment Relocation Terrorism Torture United Nations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-27T15:03:42Z Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Requires all current detainees there to be: (1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and tried before a regularly-constituted court; (2) transferred to a U.S. facility without being charged if the detainee may be held as an enemy combatant or pursuant to other legal authority; (3) transferred to an international tribunal operating under authority of the United Nations (UN) with jurisdiction to hold trials; (4) transferred to their country of citizenship or a different country for further legal process, provided that such country provides adequate assurances that the individual will not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or (5) released from any further detention.

]]> A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2007-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1249is/xml/BILLS-110s1249is.xml 2007-12-11 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.