S.Amdt. 5683

SA 5683. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. HONORING 250 YEARS OF VETERAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
UNITED STATES BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS
TO DETAIN AND DEPORT VETERANS ABSENT
CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES OR TERRORISM.

(a) In General.--None of the funds made available under
this Act may be used to detain and deport or remove from the
United States any qualifying veteran.

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(b) Qualifying Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term
``qualifying veteran'' means any veteran of the Armed Forces
of the United States who has not been convicted of--
(1) a violent crime (as defined in section 16 of title 18,
United States Code); or
(2) international or domestic terrorism (as defined in
section 2331 of title 18, United States Code).
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