To express the sense of the Senate on consultation with State and local governments in the transfer to the United States of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

SA 1140. Mr. BROWNBACK proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2346,
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:
Sec. 315. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following
findings:
(1) In response to written questions from the April 30,
2009, hearing of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, the Secretary of Defense stated that--
(A) in order to implement the Executive Order of the
President to close the detention facility at Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ``it is likely that we will need a
facility or facilities in the United States in which to
house'' detainees; and
(B) ``[p]ending the final decision on the disposition of
those detainees, the Department has not contacted state and
local officials about the possibility of transferring
detainees to their locations''.
(2) The Senate specifically recognized the concerns of
local communities in a 2007 resolution, adopted by the Senate
on a 94-3 vote, stating that ``detainees housed at Guantanamo
should not be released into American society, nor should they
be transferred stateside into facilities in American
communities and neighborhoods''.
(3) To date, members of the congressional delegations of
sixteen States have sponsored legislation seeking to prohibit
the transfer to their respective States and congressional
districts, or other locations in the United States, of
detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
(4) Legislatures and local governments in several States
have adopted measures announcing their opposition to housing
detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in their respective
States and localities.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that
the Secretary of Defense should consult with State and local
government officials before making any decision about where
detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, might be
transferred, housed, or otherwise incarcerated as a result of
the implementation of the Executive Order of the President to
close the detention facilities at Naval Station Guantanamo
Bay.
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