S.Amdt. 4198Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)
S.Amdt. 4198
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Submitted May 25, 2016
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Senate amendment submitted
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SA 4198. Mr. RUBIO 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. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR ENTITIES WITHOUT ASSESSMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL POSE NO RISK TO MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OF THE UNITED STATES OVERSEAS AFTER TRANSFER. (a) Prohibition.--An individual detained at Guantanamo may not be transferred to a foreign country or a foreign entity unless the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation unanimously agree that the individual after transfer will pose no risk to members of the Armed Forces or civilian personnel of the United States Government overseas. (b) Construction.--The prohibition in subsection (a) in connection with the transfer of an individual detained at Guantanamo is in addition to any other requirement or limitation on the transfer by law. (c) Individual Detained at Guantanamo Defined.--In this section, the term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means an individual located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who-- (1) is not a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and (2) is-- (A) in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense; or (B) otherwise detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay. ______