[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1885. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 ACTIONS TO CARRY OUT THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF COMMERCE'S PAUSE IN THE ISSUANCE OF NEW 
                   EXPORT LICENSES FOR CERTAIN EXPORTS UNDER THE 
                   COMMERCE CONTROL LIST.

       Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Commerce--
       (1) may not take any action to carry out the Department of 
     Commerce's assessment or any policy changes resulting from 
     the assessment announced on October 27, 2023, relating to the 
     Department's pause in the issuance of new export licenses for 
     exports of all items controlled under Export Control 
     Classification Numbers 0A501, 0A502, 0A504, and 0A505 of the 
     Commerce Control List; and
       (2) may not take any substantially similar action to pause 
     or otherwise suspend or prohibit the issuance of new export 
     licenses for exports of any or all items described in 
     paragraph (1).
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