To prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(Sec. 1) This bill prohibits U.S. agency funds from being used until the earlier of the enactment date of an Act authorizing FY2017 appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) or January 21, 2017, for the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions or to any foreign country or entity of an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"Individual detained at Guantanamo" means an individual located at Guantanamo as of October 1, 2009, who: (1) is not a U.S. national or a member of the Armed Forces, and (2) is in the custody or under the control of DOD or otherwise detained at Guantanamo.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5351

 To prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States 
                  Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2016

 Mrs. Walorski (for herself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Zinke, 
and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States 
                  Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ANY TRANSFER OF ANY INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT 
              UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

    (a) Prohibition.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise available for any department or agency of the United States 
Government may be used during the period specified in subsection (b) to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 
the United States, its territories, or possessions, or to any foreign 
country or entity, of any individual detained at Guantanamo.
    (b) Specified Period.--The period specified in this subsection is 
the period that--
            (1) begins on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
                appropriations for military activities of the 
                Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017; or
                    (B) January 1, 2017.
    (c) Individual Detained at Guantanamo Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means an individual 
located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 
October 1, 2009, who--
            (1) is not a national of the United States (as defined in 
        section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or a member of the Armed Forces of the 
        United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the control of the 
                Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise detained at United States Naval 
                Station, Guantanamo Bay.
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