S.Amdt. 4118Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)
S.Amdt. 4118
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Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Submitted May 24, 2016
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Senate amendment submitted
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SA 4118. Mr. PERDUE 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: After section 1028, insert the following: SEC. 1028A. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION ON PAST TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods-- (1) complete a declassification review of intelligence reports prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center prior to Periodic Review Board sessions or detainee transfers on the past terrorist activities of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were transferred or released from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay; (2) make available to the public any information declassified as a result of the declassification review; and (3) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth-- (A) the results of the declassification review; and (B) if any information covered by the declassification review was not declassified pursuant to the review, a justification for the determination not to declassify such information. (b) Past Terrorist Activities.--For purposes of this section, the past terrorist activities of an individual, if any, shall include the terrorist activities conducted by the individual before the transfer of the individual to the detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, including the following: (1) The terrorist organization, if any, with which affiliated. (2) The terrorist training, if any, received. (3) The role, if any, played in past terrorist attacks against the interests or allies of the United States. (4) The direct responsibility, if any, for the death of citizens of the United States or members of the Armed Forces. (5) Any admission of any matter specified in paragraphs (1) through (4). (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ______