Keep Terrorists Off the Battlefield Act

Bill: 114-s-3351
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2016-09-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Keep Terrorists Off the Battlefield Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits U.S. agency funds from being used to transfer an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: (1) from Department of Defense (DOD) custody or control to the custody or control of another U.S. agency, (2) to the custody or control of any Western Hemisphere country or entity within such country, or (3) to any country or entity that does not have laws prohibiting acts of terrorism or material support for such acts. </p> <p>&quot;Individual detained at Guantanamo Bay&quot; means any individual located at Guantanamo naval station as of October 1, 2009, who is: (1) not a U.S. national or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, and (2) in DOD custody or control or otherwise under detention at Guantanamo.</p> <p>No U.S. agency funds may be used to fund activities, envoys, or offices to carry out activities to close Guantanamo naval station.</p> <p>The bill expresses the sense of Congress that any individual who was detained at Guantanamo and is suspected of or confirmed by U.S. intelligence as having re-engaged in terrorist activity after being released should be arrested and returned to detention at Guantanamo.</p> </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3351 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 19, 2016 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit certain transfers of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prohibit funds from being made available for the closure of that Naval Station, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Terrorists Off the Battlefield Act . 2. Individual detained at Guantanamo Bay defined In this Act, the term individual detained at Guantanamo Bay means any 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 under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 3. Prohibition on transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba No amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any department or agency of the United States Government may be used to transfer an individual detained at Guantanamo Bay— (1) from the custody or control of the Department of Defense to the custody or control of any other department or agency of the United States Government; (2) to the custody or control of any country in the Western Hemisphere or any entity within a country in the Western Hemisphere; or (3) to any country or entity that does not have laws in effect that, as certified by the United States Government, effectively prohibit acts of terrorism or material support for acts of terrorism. 4. Prohibition on funding for closure of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba No amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any department or agency of the United States Government may be used to fund activities, envoys, or offices to carry out activities to close United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 5. Sense of Congress on return of released individuals who have engaged in terrorist activity It is the sense of Congress that any individual who was at any time an individual detained at Guantanamo Bay and after the individual was released from detention at Guantanamo Bay is suspected of or confirmed by the United States intelligence community as having re-engaged in terrorist activity should immediately be arrested and returned to detention at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.