S.Amdt. 1643

SA 1643. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in division F, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING
FUNDING TO AIRPORT OWNERS OR OPERATORS THAT USE
AIRPORT PROPERTY TO SHELTER OR HOUSE ALIENS NOT
PROPERLY ADMITTED.

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
provide funding to an airport owner or operator that uses any
facility classified for aeronautical or non-aeronautical uses
on airport property to provide shelter or housing for an
alien who has not been admitted (as such terms are defined in
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)), unless such shelter or housing is on a
short-term emergency basis made necessary by a specified
disaster. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term
``specified disaster'' means any fire, flood, explosion,
hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water,
tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption,
landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought for which a
disaster declaration is made by the Federal Government or a
State pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act.
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