[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3105]
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SA 4085. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Inhofe)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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. 1031. REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
LOSING CONTROL OF TRANSFEREES FROM UNITED
STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA,
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2017.
(a) Reduction in Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, the amount of assistance provided
during fiscal year 2017 to a foreign country to which an
individual detained at Guantanamo is transferred or released
during the period beginning on October 1, 2016, and ending on
September 30, 2017, shall be--
(1) the aggregate amount otherwise available for United
States assistance for such country during fiscal year 2017;
minus
(2) $10,000,000 or an amount equal to 10 percent of the
amount described in paragraph (1), whichever is less, for
each individual so transferred or released who, during such
period--
(A) escapes from confinement by the country or otherwise
ceases to be under the custody or control of the country; or
(B) reengages in international terrorism.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means
any individual located at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who--
(A) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(B) is--
(i) in the custody or under the control of the Department
of Defense; or
(ii) otherwise under detention at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(2) The term ``international terrorism''--
(A) has the meaning given the term in section 2331 of title
18, United States Code; and
(B) does not include any act of war (as defined in that
section).
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