S.Amdt. 4085Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)
S.Amdt. 4085
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Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
Submitted May 24, 2016
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SA 4085. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following: SEC. 1031. REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES LOSING CONTROL OF TRANSFEREES FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, DURING FISCAL YEAR 2017. (a) Reduction in Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount of assistance provided during fiscal year 2017 to a foreign country to which an individual detained at Guantanamo is transferred or released during the period beginning on October 1, 2016, and ending on September 30, 2017, shall be-- (1) the aggregate amount otherwise available for United States assistance for such country during fiscal year 2017; minus (2) $10,000,000 or an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount described in paragraph (1), whichever is less, for each individual so transferred or released who, during such period-- (A) escapes from confinement by the country or otherwise ceases to be under the custody or control of the country; or (B) reengages in international terrorism. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means any individual located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who-- (A) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and (B) is-- (i) in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense; or (ii) otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (2) The term ``international terrorism''-- (A) has the meaning given the term in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code; and (B) does not include any act of war (as defined in that section). ______