[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1589. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina 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:

       On page 61, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
       Sec. 709. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Build the 
     Wall First Act''.
       (b) No amounts appropriated by this division may be 
     obligated or expended until after a physical barrier spanning 
     from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico along the land 
     border between the United States and Mexico is fully 
     constructed.
       (c) The President may transfer any amounts appropriated by 
     this division for the purpose of funding the construction of 
     the physical barrier described in subsection (b).
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