I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7999 
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction or modifica-
tion of facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred 
from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2022 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GOHMERT, 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices 
A BILL 
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and the construction or modification of facilities in the 
United States to house detainees transferred from United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Transferring 
GITMO Terrorists to America Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR 
RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense for 
any fiscal year may be used to transfer, release, or assist 
in the transfer of or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions any individual detained at 
Guantanamo. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 
OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
TO 
HOUSE 
DETAINEES 
TRANS-
FERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STA-
TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated or otherwise made available for the Depart-
ment of Defense for any fiscal year may be used to con-
struct or modify any facility in the United States, its terri-
tories, or possessions to house any individual detained at 
Guantanamo for the purposes of detention or imprison-
ment in the custody or under the control of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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SEC. 4. INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta-
namo’’ means any individual located at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 
2009, who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States 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 under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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