[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 23 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1402. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. 
Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to 
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency 
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In division A, after section 708, insert the following:

     SEC. 709. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID 
                   FOR GAZA UNTIL UNITED STATES CITIZENS HELD 
                   HOSTAGE BY HAMAS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     division may be obligated or expended for humanitarian aid 
     for Gaza until all citizens of the United States held hostage 
     by Hamas have been released.
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