Maintain restrictions that prevent the closure or transfer of detainees from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Tom Cole · Oklahoma · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Maintaining legacy provisions to prevent the closure or transfer of detainees from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The bill summary commits to keeping provisions that block closing Guantanamo Bay or moving detainees.

fy27-defense-subcommittee-bill-summary.pdf
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Tom Cole as sponsor and says H.R.7148 became Public Law No. 119-75 on February 3, 2026. The bill text bars funds to transfer or release covered Guantanamo detainees into the United States, restricts foreign transfers except under prior NDAA procedures, bars U.S. facilities for those detainees, and bars funds to close or realign Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Cole sponsored enacted FY2026 appropriations legislation that maintained the core Guantanamo detainee transfer and closure restrictions.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R.7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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The House Appropriations Committee announced approval of the FY2027 Defense Appropriations Act by a 34-27 vote and summarized that the bill was 'Maintaining legacy provisions to prevent the closure or transfer of detainees from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.'

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): After the FY2026 restrictions were enacted, the House Appropriations Committee continued advancing FY2027 language to maintain the same Guantanamo closure and detainee-transfer restrictions, though this later bill was still not enacted as of the source date.

partial same_term A for effort

Committee Approves FY27 Defense Appropriations Act
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Tom Cole sponsored H.R.7148, which became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026. The enacted FY2026 appropriations law maintained restrictions blocking Guantanamo detainee transfers or release into the United States, limiting foreign transfers, barring use of U.S. facilities for those detainees, and preventing funds from closing or realigning Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Because the promised restrictions were enacted while Cole was in federal office and he sponsored the legislation, this counts as delivered in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%