[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2212 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2212

 To require the President to close the Department of Defense detention 
       facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2007

 Ms. Harman (for herself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the President to close the Department of Defense detention 
       facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIRED CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY.

    (a) Closure of Detention Facility.--Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) the President shall close the Department of Defense 
        detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and
            (2) all detainees detained at such facility shall be 
        removed from the facility and--
                    (A) transferred to a military or civilian detention 
                facility in the United States and charged with a 
                violation of United States or international law and 
                tried in an Article III court or military legal 
                proceeding before a regularly-constituted court;
                    (B) transferred to a military or civilian detention 
                facility in the United States without being charged 
                with a violation of law if the detainee may be held as 
                an enemy combatant or detained pursuant to other legal 
                authority as Congress may authorize;
                    (C) transferred to an international tribunal 
                operating under the authority of the United Nations 
                with jurisdiction to hold trials of such individuals;
                    (D) 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
                    (E) released from any further detention.
    (b) Immigration Status.--The transfer of an individual under 
subsection (a) shall not be considered an entry into the United States 
for purposes of immigration status.
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