S.Amdt. 1399

SA 1399. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr.
Schumer) and intended to be proposed 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 FUNDS FOR THE WEST BANK OR GAZA UNTIL
HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED.

(a) Prohibition.--No amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be may made available to any
organization to fund, operate, advise, provide technical
assistance, or support any other activity in the West Bank or
Gaza until the following conditions are met:
(1) All citizens and permanent residents of the United
States are released from captivity in Gaza to the United
States, Israel, or another country of the individual's
choice.
(2) The remains of all citizens and permanent residents of
the United States are returned to their families.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
not apply to any activities--
(1) by the United States Government intended to locate or
recover citizens and permanent residents of the United
States; or
(2) by the State of Israel.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Any activities carried out under
subsection (b) shall be reported to the appropriate
congressional committees not later than 15 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act and every 30 days
thereafter until--
(A) all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act have been obligated or expended; or
(B) the conditions described in subsection (a) have been
met.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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