[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4534]
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  SA 1211. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. 
Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) 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 USE OF FUNDS RELATED TO GRANTS FOR 
                   VETERANS' CEMETERIES THAT ALLOW THE INTERMENT 
                   OF HMONG VETERANS.

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act may be used to recover grant funds made to a 
     State, county, or tribal organization under section 2408 of 
     title 38, United States Code, nor deny an application by a 
     State, county, or tribal organization for a grant under such 
     section, for a veterans' cemetery owned by that State or 
     county or on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, that 
     tribal organization solely on the basis that the State, 
     county, or tribal organization allows the interment of 
     individuals described in section 2402(a)(10) of title 38, 
     United States Code, in such cemetery.
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