IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 774 
Expressing appreciation to Bermuda for accepting 4 individuals released from 
the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 
Mr. HASTINGS
of Florida (for himself, Mr. MORAN
of Virginia, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, and Mr. WEXLER) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing appreciation to Bermuda for accepting 4 individ-
uals released from the detention facility at Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Whereas President Barack Obama has vowed to close the de-
tention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, in January 2010, necessitating the release or 
transfer of about 225 individuals detained at the facility; 
Whereas at least 50 detainees have thus far been cleared for 
release; 
Whereas since President Obama took office about 15 detain-
ees have left Guantanamo and were resettled in Britain, 
France, Bermuda, Chad, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Ara-
bia, and Portugal, and 1 detainee was transferred to the 
State of New York for a Federal trial; 
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•HRES 774 IH 
Whereas there has been significant opposition in Congress 
and the wider public to resettling detainees into the 
United States or transferring detainees to prisons in the 
United States; 
Whereas the United States, must ensure, in compliance with 
international human rights law (including the Convention 
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 
Treatment or Punishment, done at New York on Decem-
ber 10, 1984, and entered into force with respect to the 
United States on November 20, 1994), that detainees will 
not be transferred to nations where their safety will be 
jeopardized; 
Whereas in May 2009, during a visit to the White House, 
Premier Ewart Brown of Bermuda offered to assist the 
United States in relocating released detainees from the 
detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba; 
Whereas in June 2009, Bermuda accepted 4 former pris-
oners, Chinese Uighurs who had been cleared twice of 
being enemy combatants by the United States Govern-
ment and were cleared for release; 
Whereas, since then, Congress has prohibited the use of Fed-
eral funds for transfers and also requires a 2-week de-
tailed notification before future moves; 
Whereas Bermuda provided the aircraft to fly the Uighurs to 
their new home; 
Whereas the 4 Uighurs have been given temporary jobs tend-
ing the grounds of a golf course in Port Royal, in an ef-
fort to integrate them into the surrounding society: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 774 IH 
(1) expresses its appreciation to Bermuda for 
accepting 4 Chinese Uighurs released from the de-
tention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba; 
(2) encourages Bermuda to ensure that the 4 
former detainees are able to participate as fully as 
possible in their local community and in Bermudan 
society; and 
(3) heralds Bermuda for safely, humanely, and 
effectively resettling individuals detained at the de-
tention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, who have been cleared of wrongdoing. 
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