[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S723]
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  SA 1540. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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. ___. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAROLEES.

       Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) The number of aliens the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security may parole into the United States under this 
     subsection shall not exceed a total of 6,000 each fiscal 
     year.''.
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