Sec. 1040. Report on attachment of rights to individuals detained at Guantanamo if transferred to the United States
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that includes each of the following: A description of the extent to which an individual detained at Guantanamo, if transferred to the United States, could become eligible, by reason of such transfer, for— relief from removal from the United States, including pursuant to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; any required release from immigration detention, including pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court in Zadvydas v.
Davis ; asylum or withholding of removal; or any additional constitutional right. For any right referred to in paragraph
(1)for which the Secretary and Attorney General determine such an individual could become eligible if so transferred, a description of the reasoning behind such determination and an explanation of the nature of the right.