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WASHINGTON — House Democrats want to cut President Bush's budget for Guantanamo Bay prison in half, beating the administration to the punch in shutting down the facility for terrorism detainees.

The White House says Bush has already decided to close the U.S. prison in Cuba and transfer more than 370 terrorism suspects elsewhere, possibly including the maximum-security military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

The prison, which began housing terror suspects five years ago, has become a focus for criticism of the Bush administration at home and abroad. Only a few detainees have been selected for trial, leaving the majority in legal limbo and barred from protesting their detentions in court.

With no timetable announced by Bush, Congress is moving ahead on its own. In July, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to propose funding only half of Guantanamo's budget in the military's annual spending bill.

While a precise figure of how much would be cut was not available, the prison's annual operation budget is about $125 million a year.