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21 July 2009


[Federal Register: July 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 138)]
[Presidential Documents]               
[Page 35765]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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                        Presidential Documents 




[[Page 35765]]


                Memorandum of July 17, 2009

 
                 Assignment of Reporting Functions Under the 
                Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary 
                of Defense[,] the Attorney General[, and] the Director 
                of National Intelligence

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States, 
                including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I 
                hereby assign the authority to perform the functions 
                conferred upon the President by sections 319(a), (c), 
                and (d) and sections 14103(d), (e), and (f) of the 
                Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-
                32), as follows:

1. To the Attorney General, of providing to the Congress the reports 
specified in sections 319(a), 319(c)(1)-(3), and 14103(f), as well as the 
plan specified in section 14103(d);

2. To the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, of providing to the Congress the report specified in 
sections 319(a), 319(c)(4)-(5), and 319(d); and

3. To the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, of providing to the Congress the information specified in section 
14103(e).

                The Attorney General is authorized and directed to 
                publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, July 17, 2009.

[FR Doc. E9-17451
Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]

Billing code 4410-19-M


Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)[H.R.2346.ENR]

Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-32 [Text of PL 111-32 not available on Thomas]

H.R.2346ENR

This Act may be cited as the `Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009'.

Sec. 319. (a) Reports Required- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the members and committees of Congress specified in subsection (b) a report on the prisoner population at the detention facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(b) Specified Members and Committees of Congress- The members and committees of Congress specified in this subsection are the following:

(1) The majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.

(2) The Chairman and Ranking Member on the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.

(3) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

(4) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(6) The minority leader of the House of Representatives.

(7) The Chairman and Ranking Member on the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.

(8) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

(9) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(c) Matters To Be Included- Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) The name and country of origin of each detainee at the detention facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the date of such report.

(2) A current summary of the evidence, intelligence, and information used to justify the detention of each detainee listed under paragraph (1) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

(3) A current accounting of all the measures taken to transfer each detainee listed under paragraph (1) to the individual's country of citizenship or another country.

(4) A current description of the number of individuals released or transferred from detention at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay who are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities after release or transfer from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

(5) An assessment of any efforts by al Qaeda to recruit detainees released from detention at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

(d) Additional Matters To Be Included in Initial Report- The first report submitted under subsection (a) shall also include the following:

(1) A description of the process that was previously used for screening the detainees described by subsection (c)(4) prior to their release or transfer from detention at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(2) An assessment of the adequacy of that screening process for reducing the risk that detainees previously released or transferred from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay would return to terrorist activities after release or transfer from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

(3) An assessment of lessons learned from previous releases and transfers of individuals who returned to terrorist activities for reducing the risk that detainees released or transferred from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay will return to terrorist activities after their release or transfer.


Sec. 14103. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act may be used to release an individual who is detained as of the date of enactment of this Act, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia.

(b) None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act may be used to transfer an individual who is detained as of the date of enactment of this Act, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purpose of detention in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, except as provided in subsection (c).

(c) None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as of the date of enactment of this Act, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, for the purposes of prosecuting such individual, or detaining such individual during legal proceedings, until 45 days after the plan detailed in subsection (d) is received.

(d) The President shall submit to the Congress, in classified form, a plan regarding the proposed disposition of any individual covered by subsection (c) who is detained as of the date of enactment of this Act. Such plan shall include, at a minimum, each of the following for each such individual:

(1) The findings of an analysis regarding any risk to the national security of the United States that is posed by the transfer of the individual.

(2) The costs associated with transferring the individual in question.

(3) The legal rationale and associated court demands for transfer.

(4) A plan for mitigation of any risk described in paragraph (1).

(5) A copy of a notification to the Governor of the State to which the individual will be transferred or to the Mayor of the District of Columbia if the individual will be transferred to the District of Columbia with a certification by the Attorney General of the United States in classified form at least 14 days prior to such transfer (together with supporting documentation and justification) that the individual poses little or no security risk to the United States.

(e) None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act may be used to transfer or release an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the date of enactment of this Act, to the country of such individual's nationality or last habitual residence or to any other country other than the United States, unless the President submits to the Congress, in classified form 15 days prior to such transfer, the following information:

(1) The name of any individual to be transferred or released and the country to which such individual is to be transferred or released.

(2) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed Services of the United States, that is posed by such transfer or release and the actions taken to mitigate such risk.

(3) The terms of any agreement with another country for acceptance of such individual, including the amount of any financial assistance related to such agreement.

(f) Prior to the termination of detention operations at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the President shall submit to the Congress a report in classified form describing the disposition or legal status of each individual detained at the facility as of the date of enactment of this Act.