[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 209 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 209

 To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the 
United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other 
                enemy belligerents to the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2011

   Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the 
United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other 
                enemy belligerents to the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER INDIVIDUALS DETAINED 
              AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, AND CERTAIN OTHER ENEMY 
              BELLIGERENTS TO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to any Federal department or agency may be used to transfer 
any individual described in subsection (b) to the United States.
    (b) Individual Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is any individual who is--
            (1) detained by the United States at Naval Station, 
        Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; or
            (2) a foreign national who is--
                    (A) captured or detained outside the United States 
                as an enemy belligerent; and
                    (B) in the custody or under the effective control 
                of the Department of Defense.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``foreign national'' means an individual who 
        is not a citizen or national of the United States.
            (2) The term ``enemy belligerent'' includes a privileged 
        belligerent and an unprivileged enemy belligerent, as such 
        terms are defined by section 948a of title 10, United States 
        Code.
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