HR 388

112th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 388

To provide that the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba remains open indefinitely and to require that individuals detained at the facility be tried only by military commission, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 20, 2011

Mr. ROONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To provide that the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba remains open indefinitely and to require that individuals detained at the facility be tried only by military commission, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Detainee Trials at Gitmo Act'.

SEC. 2. DETENTION FACILITY AT NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA TO REMAIN OPEN AND REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THAT FACILITY BE TRIED ONLY BY MILITARY COMMISSION.

(a) Detention Facility- The detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba shall remain in use indefinitely by the United States as a detention facility.

(b) Trial by Military Commission- Any individual who is detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, may only be tried by military commission under chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code. Any trial of such an individual by military commission shall be conducted at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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