S.Amdt. 1724

SA 1724. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1040. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR
RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED
STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO
COUNTRIES COVERED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE TRAVEL
WARNINGS.

(a) Finding.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The Department of State issues travel warnings
regarding travel to foreign countries for reasons that
include ``unstable government, civil war, ongoing intense
crime or violence, or frequent terrorist attacks''.
(2) These travel warnings are issued to highlight the
``risks of traveling'' to particular countries and are left
in place until the situation in the country concerned
improves.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) countries that pose such a significant travel threat to
United States citizens that the Department of State feels
obliged to issue a travel warning should not be considered an
appropriate recipient of any detainee transferred from United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and
(2) if a country is subject to a Department of State travel
warning, it is highly unlikely that the government of the
country can provide the United States Government appropriate
security and assurances regarding the prevention of the
recidivism of any detainee so transferred.
(c) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise available for the Department of Defense may be
used, during the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of
any individual detained in the custody or under the control
of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay to the custody or control of any country
subject to a Department of State travel warning at the time
the transfer or release would otherwise occur.
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to any country subject to a travel warning described in that
paragraph that is issued solely on the basis of one or more
of the following:
(A) Medical deficiencies, infectious disease outbreaks, or
other health-related concerns.
(B) A natural disaster.
(C) Criminal activity.
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