[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1107. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO IMPLEMENT A MASK 
                   MANDATE.

       None of the funds appropriated by this division or 
     otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated or expended 
     to implement a mask mandate at any facility of the 
     Department.
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