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H.R. 2294 · 111th Congress

Keep Terrorists Out of America Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JBR BoehnerSponsor
169 cosponsors · 169 R
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25 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Keep Terrorists Out of America Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that individuals currently detained at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be transferred or released into the United States.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 7, 2009

Keep Terrorists Out of America Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that individuals currently detained at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be transferred or released into the United States.

Prohibits the President from transferring or releasing any such individual into the United States unless 60 days prior to such transfer: (1) the President submits to the governor and legislature of the state to which the President intends to transfer or release such an individual certification that the individual does not pose a security risk to the United States; (2) the governor and state legislature of the state in which the President intends to transfer an individual consent to the transfer; and (3) the President notifies the Congress of, among other things, the name of the individual being transferred, the installation the individual is being transferred to, a justification for the transfer, and a certification that the President has mitigated any risks to national security posed by the transfer.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Keep Terrorists Out of America Act

Latest action (Nov 18, 2009): Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Hoekstra. Petition No: 111-7. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis7.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: May 7, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.