[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3562]
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SA 2165. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER OR RELEASE
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL
STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, IN CONNECTION
WITH AGREEMENT FOR BRINGING PEACE TO
AFGHANISTAN.
No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be
used to transfer or release any individual detained in the
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense at
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, in connection
with the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by
the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban and
the United States of America, signed at Doha February 29,
2020.
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