To clarify the permanence of the prohibition on transfers of recidivist detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and entities.

SA 1158. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Manchin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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; as follows:

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(c) Permanent Prohibition in Cases of Prior Confirmed Recidivism.--

(1) Permanent prohibition.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense may not use any amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year to transfer an individual detained at Guantanamo