Sec. 4. Unclassified notice required prior to transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities
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Not less than 15 days prior to the transfer of any individual detained at Guantanamo to the custody or control of the individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign entity, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an unclassified notice that includes— the name, country of origin, and country of destination of the individual; the number of individuals detained at Guantanamo previously transferred to the country to which the individual is proposed to be transferred; and the number of such individuals who have reengaged in terrorist activity after being transferred to that country.
The Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress within 5 days of transmitting the notice required by subsection (a). Such briefing shall include an explanation of why the destination country was chosen for the transferee and an overview of countries being considered for future transfers. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be inconsistent with the requirements of section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ).
In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term individual detained at Guantanamo has the meaning given such term in section 1034(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ).
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Unclassified notice required prior to transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities
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