[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7999 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7999

 To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United 
  States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction or 
  modification of facilities in the United States to house detainees 
  transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2022

Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. 
   Miller of Illinois, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United 
  States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction or 
  modification of facilities in the United States to house 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 ``No Transferring GITMO Terrorists to 
America Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF 
              INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 
              GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

    No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer of or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions any 
individual detained at Guantanamo.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES 
              IN THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM 
              UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

    (a) In General.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal 
year may be used to construct or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
detained at Guantanamo for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in 
the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

SEC. 4. INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means 
any individual located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the control of the 
                Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
                Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
                                 <all>