[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1893. 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 USE OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN 
                   AUTHORITY WHEN REMAINING VALUE EXCEEDS AMOUNTS 
                   AVAILABLE FOR STOCKPILE REPLENISHMENT.

       Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new sentence: ``Whenever the remaining value of the 
     authority provided by this paragraph exceeds the amounts 
     available to the Secretary of Defense for the replenishment 
     of stockpiles, the President may not use such authority.''.
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