S.Amdt. 1542

SA 1542. Mr. RUBIO (for Mr. Scott of Florida) 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:

On page 56, after line 13, add the following:
Sec. 617. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Stop
Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act''.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act,
or by any prior Act making appropriations for the Department
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be
made available for any expenditure in the territory of Gaza
until after the President certifies to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives that--
(1) such funds can be expended without benefitting any
organization or persons that is--
(A) a member of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any
other organization designated by the Secretary of State as a
foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
(B) controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic
Jihad, or any such foreign terrorist organization; and
(2) all hostages who were taken to Gaza by any organization
referred to in paragraph (1)(A) have been freed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act,
or by any prior Act making appropriations for the Department
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be
obligated or expended in the territory of Gaza through any
United Nations entity or office unless the President
certifies to the congressional committees referred to in
subsection (b) that such entity or office is not encouraging
or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or propaganda.
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