Full Text of HR0805 96th General Assembly
HR0805 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 2001, the United States Congress authorized the | 3 |
| use of "all necessary and appropriate force" against those | 4 |
| responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks; in pursuance of the | 5 |
| authorization, the United States has captured numerous | 6 |
| suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban members and detained them at | 7 |
| several locations, including the U.S. Naval Station at | 8 |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and
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| WHEREAS, Shortly after President Obama took office in | 10 |
| January of 2009, 3 executive orders were signed that require | 11 |
| the eventual closure of the detention facility, order the | 12 |
| immediate reviews of each detainee's status, and establish a | 13 |
| Special Task Force on Detainee Disposition that was tasked with | 14 |
| identifying lawful options for the disposition of Guantanamo | 15 |
| detainees and others captured by the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, The Obama administration recently proposed that | 17 |
| United States government purchase the Thomson Correctional | 18 |
| Center in Illinois to serve as a detention center for the | 19 |
| detainees at Guantanamo Bay; and
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| WHEREAS, Numerous enacted authorization and appropriations | 21 |
| measures passed by the 111th United States Congress affect the | 22 |
| treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and restrict the use |
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| of federal funds to transfer or release Guantanamo detainees | 2 |
| into the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Section 14103 of the Supplemental Appropriations | 4 |
| Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-32), enacted in June of 2009, restricts | 5 |
| the use of funds appropriated by the Act or any prior Act for | 6 |
| the transfer or release of detainees into the United States; in | 7 |
| addition, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations | 8 |
| Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-83), the National Defense Authorization | 9 |
| Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (P.L. 111-84), and the Department of | 10 |
| the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations | 11 |
| Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-88) generally bar the use of federal | 12 |
| funds appropriated in those or "any other" Acts for the release | 13 |
| or transfer of a Guantanamo detainee into the United States or | 14 |
| specified U.S. territories; and
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| WHEREAS, Existing Acts passed by the 111th United States | 16 |
| Congress clearly bar such a transfer of dangerous detainees | 17 |
| from Guantanamo Bay into the United States without the direct | 18 |
| authorization of Congress; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| urge Congress to maintain its restrictions on the transfer of | 22 |
| detainees from the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | 23 |
| as reflected in legislation passed by the 111th Congress; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we further urge Congress to refrain from | 3 |
| taking actions that could be interpreted as granting | 4 |
| constitutional rights to non-citizen detainees whose only | 5 |
| access to rights would be derived from a claim of sovereignty | 6 |
| is based on their transfer to a facility or facilities in the | 7 |
| United States; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the | 10 |
| United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the | 11 |
| United States House of Representatives, U.S. Secretary of State | 12 |
| Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. | 13 |
| Attorney General Eric Holder, and each member of the Illinois | 14 |
| congressional delegation.
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