Both Houses Introduce Bills to Close Guantanamo

Both the House and the Senate have introduced legislation that would require the president to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within one year from the date of passage.

H.R. 2212 and S. 1249 were introduced Tuesday and referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

SECTION 1. REQUIRED CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY.

(a) Closure of Detention Facility- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act--

(1) the President shall close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and

(2) all detainees detained at such facility shall be removed from the facility and--

Lawmakers have referred to Guantanamo as "a symbol of US failure and hypocrisy." This comes just one month after Supreme Court justices said they'd revisit the issue of detainees' rights "later," and a press release by Amnesty International that documented "worsening conditions."

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