,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjbb,mr4
 ,womack 7for himself1 ,mr4             
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4     
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,mast1 
,mrs4 ,hinson1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4        
,hudson1 ,ms4 ,letlow1 ,mr4 ,rogers of  
,kentucky1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 
,issa1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 ,mr4
 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,nebraska1
 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1    
,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,johnson of          
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,hill1 ,mrs4 ,miller of
 ,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4        
,meuser1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4          
,rosendale1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,north      
,carolina1 and ,mr4 ,norman7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use by the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs of   
funds to provide emergency assistance at

 the southern border of the ,united     
,states resulting from the repeal of    
certain public health orders1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,veterans      
,first ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,prohibition 
on use of funds by ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs to provide emergency 
assistance at the southern border of the
 ,united ,states resulting from the     
repeal of certain public health orders  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,veterans ,affairs may not obligate or  
expend any amounts to provide emergency 
assistance in response to an emergency  
at the southern border directly         
resulting from the repeal of an order   
specified in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,order
 specified ,an order specified in this  
subsection is any of the following3 7#a7
 ,the ,order issued by the ,director of 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention on ,august #b1 #bjba1       
entitled ,public ,health ,reassessment  
and ,order ,suspending the ,right ,to   

,introduce ,certain ,persons ,from      
,countries ,where a ,quarantinable      
,communicable ,disease ,exists 7#hf     
,fed4 ,reg4 #dbhbh74  7#b7 ,the ,order  
issued by the ,director of the ,centers 
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention on
 ,april #a1 #bjbb1 entitled ,public     
,health ,determination and ,order       
,regarding ,suspending the ,right ,to   
,introduce ,certain ,persons ,from      
,countries ,where a ,quarantinable      
,communicable ,disease ,exists 7#hg     
,fed4 ,reg4 #aiida74  7#c7 ,an order    
relating to the same public health      
concern as an order specified in        
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b74  7c7 ,rule of   
construction ,nothing in this section   
shall be construed to prevent the       
,secretary from obligating or expending 
amounts to provide emergency assistance 
at the southern border that is not      
described in subsection 7a74