Bill Text: PA HR110 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Strongly urging the Congress of the United States of America to not transfer any Guantanamo detainees to prisons within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 34-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS [HR110 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR110-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 110 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, BAKER, BARRAR, BOYD, CLYMER, CUTLER, GEIST, GODSHALL, GROVE, HELM, HESS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KORTZ, MAJOR, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MURT, MUSTIO, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROHRER, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, TALLMAN, VEREB AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 4, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 4, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Strongly urging the Congress of the United States of America to
not transfer any Guantanamo detainees to prisons within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The persons presently being detained at the
Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp are presently classified as enemy
combatants; and
WHEREAS, An enemy combatant is defined as a person who
supported or was part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda, or associated
forces that are engaged in hostile acts against the United
States or its allies; and
WHEREAS, Most of these individuals are trained killers whose
sole mission is to harm American citizens; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 61 former detainees appear to have
returned to terrorism since their release from custody; and
WHEREAS, Rehabilitation does not appear to be an option; and
WHEREAS, The citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
should not be required to pay for the housing of detainees who
are not United States citizens; and
WHEREAS, The transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay
Detention Camp to facilities located within the United States of
America is counter to our national interest of protecting
American citizens; and
WHEREAS, The detainees, as enemy combatants, should not be
entitled to our American civil rights which would be afforded to
them when they reach United States soil; and
WHEREAS, The United States taxpayers should not have to fund
the legal costs associated with these American civil rights; and
WHEREAS, It is recommended that these detainees be
transferred to maximum security detention facilities within
their countries of citizenship or the country in which they were
captured; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania strongly urge the Congress of the
United States to not transfer any Guantanamo detainees to
prisons within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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