[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2740 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2740

 To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United 
   States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to state sponsors of 
                               terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2016

    Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
Lankford, and Mr. Hatch) 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 transfer or release of individuals detained at United 
   States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to state sponsors of 
                               terrorism.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED 
              AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO 
              CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise available for the Department of Defense may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to a country 
specified in subsection (b) of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other 
detainee who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, at United 
        States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
        of Defense.
    (b) Countries.--A country specified in this subsection is as 
follows:
            (1) Libya
            (2) Somalia.
            (3) Yemen.
            (4) A country that is a state sponsor of terrorism.
    (c) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--In this section, the term 
``state sponsor of terrorism'' has the meaning given that term in 
section 301(13) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 
and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8451(13)).
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