HR 2212

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To require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Jane Harman
 
Status: Active
164 votes
 
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  74% Yes 
 
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Summary:

5/8/2007--Introduced.

Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Requires all current detainees there to be: (1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and tried before a regularly-constituted court; (2) transferred to a U.S. facility without being charged if the detainee may be held as an enemy combatant or pursuant to other legal authority; (3) transferred to an international tribunal operating under authority of the United Nations (UN) with jurisdiction to hold trials; (4) transferred to their country of citizenship or a different country for further legal process, provided that such country provides adequate assurances that the individual will not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or (5) released from any further detention.

 
 
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5/8/2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E979-980)
5/8/2007
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
 
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Committee:

Referral, In Committee
 
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