[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S712-S713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1519. Mr. TUBERVILLE 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:

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     SEC. __. CLARIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 208(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(A)) is amended by 
     inserting after ``section 101(a)(42)(A)'' the following: 
     ``(in accordance with the rules set forth in this section), 
     and is eligible to apply for asylum under subsection (a)''.
       (b) Place of Arrival.--Section 208(a)(1) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``or who arrives in the United States 
     (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including 
     an alien who is brought to the United States after having 
     been interdicted in international or United States 
     waters),''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``United States'' the following: 
     ``and has arrived in the United States at a port of entry 
     (including an alien who is brought to the United States after 
     having been interdicted in international or United States 
     waters),''.
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