,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djhb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bf1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,boozman 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,tillis1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4
 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,thune1    
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4
 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 and ,ms4       
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and 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 ,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