[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2890-S2891]
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SA 3963. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban
Development, and
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related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to
permit United States airspace to be used for a flight
operated to transfer an individual detained at Guantanamo to
a State, territory, or possession of the United States.
(b) In this section, the term ``individual detained at
Guantanamo'' means any individual who--
(1) is in detention, on or after January 20, 2009, at
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;
(2) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(3) 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.
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