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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4909 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1038

Sec. 1038. Declassification of information on past terrorist activities of detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall— complete a declassification review of intelligence reports prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center prior to Periodic Review Board sessions or detainee transfers on the past terrorist activities of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were transferred or released from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay; make available to the public any information declassified as a result of the declassification review; and submit to the appropriate congressional committees, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, a report setting forth— the results of the declassification review; and if any information covered by the declassification review was not declassified pursuant to the review, a justification for the determination not to declassify such information.
For purposes of this section, the past terrorist activities of an individual shall include the terrorist activities conducted by the individual before the transfer of the individual to the detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, including, at a minimum, the following: The terrorist organization, if any, with which affiliated. The terrorist training, if any, received. The role in past terrorist attacks against the interests or allies of the United States.
The direct responsibility, if any, for the death of citizens of the United States or members of the Armed Forces. Any admission of any matter specified in paragraphs
(1)through (4). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Permanent Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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