Veterans First Act of 2022

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7637 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7637

 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 orders, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2022

 Mr. Womack (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Newhouse, 
   Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Mast, Mrs. 
Hinson, Mr. Posey, Mr. Hudson, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. 
 Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Issa, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Fleischmann, 
   Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Budd, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
  Webster of Florida, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Hill, 
 Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
Rosendale, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, and Mr. Norman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 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 orders, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans First Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. 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.

    (a) 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 (b).
    (b) Order Specified.--An order specified in this subsection is any 
of the following:
            (1) The Order issued by the Director of the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention on August 2, 2021, entitled 
        ``Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To 
        Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable 
        Communicable Disease Exists'' (86 Fed. Reg. 42828).
            (2) The Order issued by the Director of the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention on April 1, 2022, entitled 
        ``Public Health Determination and Order Regarding Suspending 
        the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a 
        Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists'' (87 Fed. Reg. 
        19941).
            (3) An order relating to the same public health concern as 
        an order specified in paragraph (1) or (2).
    (c) 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 (a).
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