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No Terrorists on U.S. Soil Act of 2023

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What This Bill Does

This bill extends three expiring rules that restrict the government's ability to move detainees (people held in custody) away from the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bill pushes back the end dates of these restrictions by one year, from 2023 to 2024.

Who It Affects

The bill directly affects federal government agencies responsible for defense and detention operations. It does not explicitly state how it affects detainees, facility workers or other individuals.

Key Provisions

• The government cannot use money to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to other locations until after December 31, 2024 (Sec. 2) • The government cannot use money to build new facilities or change existing ones in the United States to hold detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay until after December 31, 2024 (Sec. 3) • The government cannot use money to close or hand over control of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba until after 2024 (Sec. 4)

What Changes

The deadline for each of these three spending restrictions moves from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024. No other changes to the rules themselves are made.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 979 To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 and the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to extend certain expiring provisions of law relating to the detention of individuals at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 10, 2023 Mr. FALLON (for himself, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GIMENEZ, and Mr. MILLS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 and the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to extend certain expiring provisions of law relating to the detention of individuals at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Terrorists on U.S. 4 Soil Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H979.IH H979 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 979 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 1 FOR TRANSFER OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED 2 AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION GUANTA- 3 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 4 Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National De- 5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 6 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954), as most recently amended by 7 section 1031 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 8 Authorization for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) 9 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and 10 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 11 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO 12 CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE 13 UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES 14 TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 15 STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 16 Section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National De- 17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 18 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954), as most recently amended by 19 section 1032 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 20 Authorization for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) 21 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and 22 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H979.IH H979 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 979 IH SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO 1 CLOSE OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF UNITED 2 STATES NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, 3 CUBA. 4 Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization 5 Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 6 1551), as most recently amended by section 1034 of the 7 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 8 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) is further amend- 9 ed by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H979.IH H979 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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