S.Amdt. 2544

SA 2544. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 C of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1026. RISKS FACED BY FORMER DETAINEES AT UNITED STATES
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, WHO ARE OF
LIBYAN, UIGHUR, OR YEMENI ORIGIN IN RETURN TO
THEIR COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY.

(a) Sense of Senate.--
(1) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(A) Countries that have agreed to accept detainees from the
detention center at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, have an obligation under international law to
ensure the individuals are not transferred to countries where
there is a real risk of torture, arbitrary deprivation of
life, or other violations of fundamental rights.
(B) Dozens of former detainees at the detention center who
are of Libyan, Uighur and Yemeni origin are currently
resettled in third countries.
(2) Sense of senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that
the countries that host former detainees who are of Libyan,
Uighur, or

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Yemini origin should be cognizant of their obligations under
international law when making decisions about such former
detainees.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the risk of
torture, arbitrary deprivation of life, or other violations
of fundamental rights that former detainees at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, who are of Libyan, Uighur, or
Yemeni origin would face if returned to their country of
nationality.
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