[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3115]
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SA 4118. Mr. PERDUE 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:
After section 1028, insert the following:
SEC. 1028A. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION ON PAST TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES OF DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED
STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall, consistent with the protection of
intelligence sources and methods--
(1) complete a declassification review of intelligence
reports prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center
prior to Periodic Review Board sessions or detainee transfers
on the past terrorist activities of individuals detained at
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were
transferred or released from United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay;
(2) make available to the public any information
declassified as a result of the declassification review; and
(3) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report setting forth--
(A) the results of the declassification review; and
(B) if any information covered by the declassification
review was not declassified pursuant to the review, a
justification for the determination not to declassify such
information.
(b) Past Terrorist Activities.--For purposes of this
section, the past terrorist activities of an individual, if
any, shall include the terrorist activities conducted by the
individual before the transfer of the individual to the
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, including the following:
(1) The terrorist organization, if any, with which
affiliated.
(2) The terrorist training, if any, received.
(3) The role, if any, played in past terrorist attacks
against the interests or allies of the United States.
(4) The direct responsibility, if any, for the death of
citizens of the United States or members of the Armed Forces.
(5) Any admission of any matter specified in paragraphs (1)
through (4).
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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