[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3815]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1724. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1040. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR 
                   RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED 
                   STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO 
                   COUNTRIES COVERED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE TRAVEL 
                   WARNINGS.

       (a) Finding.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of State issues travel warnings 
     regarding travel to foreign countries for reasons that 
     include ``unstable government, civil war, ongoing intense 
     crime or violence, or frequent terrorist attacks''.
       (2) These travel warnings are issued to highlight the 
     ``risks of traveling'' to particular countries and are left 
     in place until the situation in the country concerned 
     improves.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) countries that pose such a significant travel threat to 
     United States citizens that the Department of State feels 
     obliged to issue a travel warning should not be considered an 
     appropriate recipient of any detainee transferred from United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and
       (2) if a country is subject to a Department of State travel 
     warning, it is highly unlikely that the government of the 
     country can provide the United States Government appropriate 
     security and assurances regarding the prevention of the 
     recidivism of any detainee so transferred.
       (c) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
     otherwise available for the Department of Defense may be 
     used, during the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to 
     transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of 
     any individual detained in the custody or under the control 
     of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay to the custody or control of any country 
     subject to a Department of State travel warning at the time 
     the transfer or release would otherwise occur.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect 
     to any country subject to a travel warning described in that 
     paragraph that is issued solely on the basis of one or more 
     of the following:
       (A) Medical deficiencies, infectious disease outbreaks, or 
     other health-related concerns.
       (B) A natural disaster.
       (C) Criminal activity.
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