[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1576. Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
Warren, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. 
Butler) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. Schumer) 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 end of title III of division A, add the following:

                   U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

                         operations and support

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection--Operations and Support'', $5,000,000,000, to be 
     transferred to ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal 
     Assistance'', to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     to support sheltering and related activities provided by non-
     Federal entities through the Shelter and Services Program of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency:  Provided, that 
     eligibility to receive such amounts shall not be limited to 
     entities that have previously received or applied for funding 
     from the Shelter and Services Program or the Emergency Food 
     and Shelter-Humanitarian Program of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency:  Provided further, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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