S.Amdt. 2618

SA 2618. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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:

Strike section 2855 and insert the following:

SEC. 2855. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN
THE UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM
THE WEST BANK OR GAZA.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
Secretary of Defense may not use any asset, facility, or
installation of the Department of Defense for the transport
or processing of any individual from the West Bank or Gaza
who is not a United States citizen, or who is not the spouse,
parent, or child of a United States citizen, for purposes of
resettlement in the United States.
(b) Exception.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary may use assets, facilities, and installations of
the Department to transport and process for resettlement in
the United States an individual described in subsection (a)
who--
(A) is a former employee of the United States Government;
(B) was so employed for a period of not less than two
years; and
(C) maintains documentation demonstrating such employment.
(2) Inapplicability.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an
individual described in that paragraph whose employment with
the United States Government was involuntarily terminated.
(c) Reconsideration of Policy.--Not later than five years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
may reconsider the prohibition set forth in subsection (a)
and provide recommendations to Congress on whether to
continue or discontinue such prohibition.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
interpreted to limit the authority or ability of any other
Federal agency or department from assisting in the
resettlement in the United States of individuals from the
West Bank and Gaza.
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