[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4836 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4836

  To prohibit the transfer of unprivileged enemy belligerents to the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2014

  Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Wolf) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the transfer of unprivileged enemy belligerents to the 
                 United States, 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. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF UNPRIVILEGED ENEMY BELLIGERENTS 
              TO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--No unprivileged enemy belligerent who is in the 
custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense or 
any other Federal entity may be transferred to or released in the 
United States.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--A person who transfers or releases, or 
assists in the transfer or release, of an unprivileged enemy 
belligerent to or within the United States shall be fined in accordance 
with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than five 
years, or both.
    (c) Unprivileged Enemy Belligerent.--For purposes of this Act, the 
term ``unprivileged enemy belligerent'' has the meaning given such term 
in section 948a(7) of title 10, United States Code, and includes any 
individual (other than a member of the Armed Forces) under detention at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Citizens of the United States.--This Act does not apply to any 
unprivileged enemy belligerent who--
            (1) is a citizen of the United States; and
            (2) has engaged in hostilities within the United States 
        and/or its territories.
    (e) Termination.--The provisions of this Act shall expire on 
December 31, 2017.
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