S.Amdt. 1494

SA 1494. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
submitted 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. __. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COOPERATION ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM.

It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to enter into agreements, accords, and memoranda of
understanding with countries in the Western Hemisphere, the
purposes of which are to advance the interests of the United
States by reducing costs associated with illegal immigration
and to protect the human capital, societal traditions, and
economic growth of other countries in the Western Hemisphere;
and
(2) to ensure that humanitarian and development assistance
funding aimed at reducing illegal immigration is not expended
on programs that have not proven to reduce illegal immigrant
flows in the aggregate.
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