House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Duncan R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 143.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Pages H110-H111):Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 grants Congress the authority to pass laws related to ``needful buildings'' on lands owned by the federal government. Also Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the authority to ``provide for the common defence''. Single Subject Statement: This legislation prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from using funds to transfer or release within the United States any detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or member of the U.S. Armed Forces, and who is or was held by DOD at U.S. Naval Station, Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after January 29, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 583 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 143, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7828a0b5dbe5163f9fea1707e3f11996102cc4e1a0c66e3c19525c05aed1c17
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.