WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives spending panel will vote on Monday on a $192.5 billion budget bill that includes $115 million to build permanent housing facilities for U.S. military personnel at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre even as the inmate population has fallen sharply.
The House Appropriations Committee said in a statement on Sunday that the 2018 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill included funding to build two new barracks to house service members stationed at Guantanamo Bay.