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On the recordJune 14, 2013
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 1032, 1033, and 1034. Page 399, line 9, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60 days''. Page 402, lines 6 through 7, strike ``90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense'' and insert ``30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President''. Page 402, lines 8 through 9, strike ``of the Department of Defense''. Page 402, line 10, after ``principal responsibility'' insert the following: ``, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the intelligence community (under the meaning given such term section 3(4) of the National Security 18 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)),''. Page 402, line 12, after ``Cuba'' insert the following: ``, and the closure of the detention facility at such Naval Station''. Page 402, line 14, after ``transfers'' insert the following: ``and such closure''. Page 403, line 5, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60 days''. Page 403, line 20, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60 days''. Page 404, line 24, strike ``90 days'' and insert ``60 days''. Page 405, after line 9, insert the following: SEC. 1040B. GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY CLOSURE ACT OF 2013. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2013''.…
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