HR 4542 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To prohibit the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice to prosecute individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 27, 2010CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. DENT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. OLSON, Mr. CAO, and Mr. AUSTRIA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To prohibit the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice to prosecute individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Stopping Criminal Trials for Guantanamo Terrorists Act of 2010’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDS TO PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, IN THE UNITED STATES.

No funds made available to the Department of Justice may be used to prosecute an individual who was detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after January 22, 2009, in a criminal court located in the United States or in any territory or possession of the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink