S.Amdt. 1032

SA 1032. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Welch, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK.

There is authorized to be appropriated--
(1) an additional $200,000,000 for the Migration and
Refugee Account, to be allocated to the United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees to make up the
funding shortfall for such organization and to ensure the
continuity of basic services to Palestinian refugees; and
(2) an additional $50,000,000 in Economic Support Funds for
assistance to the West Bank and Gaza.
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