No money to build a facility in the United States to hold Guantanamo detainees
Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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No money to build a facility in the United States to hold Guantanamo detainees
The document says “may not”Who acts: Department of DefenseHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.”
Section 412 of division D repeats a restriction carried in military construction bills for years. It does not apply to work on the facilities at Guantanamo Bay itself, and it is written by reference to individuals held there as of June 24, 2009 who are not United States citizens or members of the armed forces.
What the document actually says
“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.”
That sentence, in plain words
No money here may build a place in this country to hold the men kept at that base.
What this is about
Guantanamo Bay is a Navy base in Cuba. Some people have been held there for years. This blocks paying to move that holding onto American soil.
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 496 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“No money to build a facility in the United States to hold Guantanamo detainees,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/proposal/sec05-no-guantanamo-transfer-facilities/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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