Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-2559
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2016-02-22
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area

Congressional oversight

Cuba

Latin America

Military facilities and property
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the President from modifying, terminating, abandoning, or transferring the lease with the government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45 square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless: (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed lease change, and (2) afterwards Congress enacts a law authorizing the change.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2559 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 22, 2016 Mr. Burr (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , and Mr. Cotton ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit the modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the United States acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act . 2. Prohibition on modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of lease, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (a) Prohibition The President may not modify, terminate, abandon, or transfer the lease with the Government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45-square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless— (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease; and (2) after such notification, Congress enacts a law authorizing that modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer. (b) No new grant of authority Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to grant the President any authority regarding the lease described in such subsection that does not already exist before the date of the enactment of this Act.