[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4120 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4120

  To prohibit the transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, 
   Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2009

Mr. Latham (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Terry, Mr. Luetkemeyer, 
  Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. 
 Burton of Indiana, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
Roskam, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Kline of Minnesota) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, 
   Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO 
              BAY, CUBA, TO FACILITIES IN MIDWESTERN STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--No individual detained by the United States at 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be--
            (1) transferred to or housed in a facility located in a 
        Midwestern State; or
            (2) prosecuted or tried for any offense against the United 
        States in any Midwestern State.
    (b) Midwestern State Defined.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
term ``Midwestern State'' means Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Arkansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Nebraska, and 
Kansas.
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