To prohibit the use of funds for the transfer or detention in the United States of detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if certain veterans programs for fiscal year 2010 are not fully funded.

SA 2779. Mr. DeMINT proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2730
proposed by Mr. Johnson (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) to the bill
H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military construction, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title II, add the following:
Sec. 229. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Transfer or
Detention in United States of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Without Full Funding of Certain Veterans Programs.--
(1) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to support,
prepare for, or otherwise facilitate the transfer to or the
detention in any State or territory of the United States of
any individual who was detained as of November 1, 2009, at
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until 15 days after the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that the
programs specified in subsection (b) are fully funded for
fiscal year 2010.
(2) Certification.--The certification submitted under this
subsection shall include a description of the funding
available for fiscal year 2010 for each program intended to
address a need of veterans specified in subsection (b).
(b) Programs.--The programs specified in this subsection
are the programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to
meet needs of veterans for the following:
(1) Health care.
(2) Rehabilitation and reintegration into the community of
veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI).
(3) Rehabilitation and reintegration into the community of
veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD).
(4) Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans.
(5) Counseling and treatment for service-connected trauma,
including trauma associated with sexual assault.
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