[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 778 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 778

 To prohibit the provision of certain foreign assistance to countries 
   receiving certain detainees transferred from United States Naval 
                     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2015

 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. 
   Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the provision of certain foreign assistance to countries 
   receiving certain detainees transferred from United States Naval 
                     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    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 ``Guantanamo Bay Recidivism Prevention 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES 
              RECEIVING CERTAIN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED 
              STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
assistance may not be provided under any Act specified in subsection 
(b) to a foreign country if--
            (1) the country received an individual who was released or 
        transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
        Cuba, on or after February 1, 2015; and
            (2) after the date of such release or transfer, the 
        individual is included in a report under section 319 of the 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32; 123 
        Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) as described by subsection 
        (c)(4) of that section.
    (b) Covered Acts.--The Acts specified in this subsection are the 
following:
            (1) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
    (c) Commencement of Applicability of Prohibition.--The prohibition 
in subsection (a) shall commence applying to a foreign country on the 
date of the first report described in subsection (a)(2) that includes 
any individual described in subsection (a)(1) who was received by the 
country on or after February 1, 2015.
    (d) Duration of Applicability of Prohibition.--The prohibition in 
subsection (a) shall cease with respect to a foreign country on the 
date that is five years after the date of the commencement of the 
applicability of the prohibition to the country under subsection (c).
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