[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 23 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S506]
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  SA 1399. Ms. ERNST 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS FOR THE WEST BANK OR GAZA UNTIL 
                   HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED.

       (a) Prohibition.--No amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be may made available to any 
     organization to fund, operate, advise, provide technical 
     assistance, or support any other activity in the West Bank or 
     Gaza until the following conditions are met:
       (1) All citizens and permanent residents of the United 
     States are released from captivity in Gaza to the United 
     States, Israel, or another country of the individual's 
     choice.
       (2) The remains of all citizens and permanent residents of 
     the United States are returned to their families.
       (b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
     not apply to any activities--
       (1) by the United States Government intended to locate or 
     recover citizens and permanent residents of the United 
     States; or
       (2) by the State of Israel.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Any activities carried out under 
     subsection (b) shall be reported to the appropriate 
     congressional committees not later than 15 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and every 30 days 
     thereafter until--
       (A) all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act have been obligated or expended; or
       (B) the conditions described in subsection (a) have been 
     met.
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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