US Congress Senate Bill 2788 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to prohibit closure of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prohibit the transfer or release of detainees at that Naval Station to the United States, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits the use of any amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any federal department or agency to: (1) close or abandon U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (2) relinquish control of Guantanamo to Cuba; (3) implement a material modification to the 1934 Treaty Between the United States of America and Cuba that constructively closes Guantanamo; or (4) transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is or was held by the Department of Defense (DOD) at Guantanamo on or after January 20, 2009, and who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Prior to the transfer or release of any such individual, DOD shall make available to the public a specified notice of such intended action.

A bill to prohibit closure of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prohibit the transfer or release of detainees at that Naval Station to the United States, and for other purposes.

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]
Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2788/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2788/BILLS-114s2788is.pdf