Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal law prohibits the transfer of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.

Bill: 114-hres-537
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Caribbean area

Colorado

Congressional-executive branch relations

Cuba

Detention of persons

Kansas

Latin America

Military facilities and property

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

South Carolina

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any transfer to the United States of the 107 detainees imprisoned for reasons of national security at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would violate federal law and the appropriations powers enumerated to Congress in article 1 of the Constitution, and may result in the President's committing illegal actions.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 537 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2015 Ms. Jenkins of Kansas submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal law prohibits the transfer of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) the 107 detainees currently imprisoned at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are imprisoned there for various reasons relating to national security and the safety and security of our allies and military forces around the world; (2) the transfer or release of those 107 detainees would present grave dangers and security risks to the foreign countries where some may be released, and to the communities and military installations at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Charleston, South Carolina, and the community of Florence, Colorado, that have been identified as possible transfer locations; (3) sections 1032, 1033, and 2808 in the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, clearly prohibits the use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the use of funds for the construction of any new facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (4) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that to do so would clearly and unequivocally violate Federal law and the appropriations powers enumerated to Congress in article I, section 9, clause 7 of the United States Constitution; and (5) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the President’s continued planning and discussion of such a closure and transfer of terrorists may result in illegal actions committed by him.