[House Prints, 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
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C O M M I T T E E P R I N T
of the
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
on
H.R. 2764 / Public Law 110-161
[Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]
BOOK 1 OF 2--DIVISIONS A-F
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January 2008
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JERRY LEWIS, California
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia RALPH REGULA, Ohio
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
NITA M. LOWEY, New York JAMES T. WALSH, New York
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
ED PASTOR, Arizona ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
CHET EDWARDS, Texas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., TOM LATHAM, Iowa
Alabama ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York KAY GRANGER, Texas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
SAM FARR, California VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan DAVE WELDON, Florida
ALLEN BOYD, Florida MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
MARION BERRY, Arkansas DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
BARBARA LEE, California JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
TOM UDALL, New Mexico RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
ADAM SCHIFF, California KEN CALVERT, California
MICHAEL HONDA, California
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
STEVE ISRAEL, New York
TIM RYAN, Ohio
C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER,
Maryland
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
Rob Nabors, Clerk and Staff Director
(ii)
C O N T E N T S
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BOOK 1
Page
Provisions Applying to All Divisions............................. 1
Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act........ 9
Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act............................................. 165
Division C--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act............................................. 453
Division D--Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act............................................. 793
Division E--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act... 955
Division F--Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act.................................... 1161
BOOK 2
Division G--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act............. 1391
Division H--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act................ 1841
Division I--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act............................ 1909
Division J--Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related
Programs Appropriations Act.................................... 2039
Division K--Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act............................ 2231
Division L--Supplemental Appropriations, Defense................. 2615
Clerk's Note
This committee print provides a compilation of the enacted
text and applicable explanatory material for the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 (H.R. 2764; P.L. 110-161).
The Consolidated Appropriations Act was developed through a
legislative procedure referred to as ``amendments between the
Houses''. The House of Representatives took up an
appropriations bill that had been passed by both the House and
the Senate (the State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act,
H.R. 2764) and replaced the entire Senate-passed text with an
11-division consolidated appropriations package covering all
regular annual appropriations bills except the Defense
Appropriations Act (which had already been enacted
separately).\1\ The Senate then agreed to this House
amendment,\2\ thereby completing congressional action on
divisions A through K of the final Consolidated Appropriations
Act.
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\1\ On December 17, 2007, Chairman Obey moved that the House concur
in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764 with two House amendments
printed in House Report 110-497 (see Congressional Record, December 17,
2007, pages H15516-25 and H15528-15726). The rule providing for
consideration of this motion (H. Res. 878) directed that separate votes
be taken on each of the two amendments. The first amendment,
substituting divisions A through K of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act for the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2764, was agreed to by a vote
of 253 yeas to 154 nays with 1 voting ``present'' (Roll No. 1171). The
second amendment, adding a division L containing supplemental
appropriations for the Department of Defense, was agreed to by a vote
of 206 yeas to 201 nays (Roll No. 1172).
\2\ On December 18, the Senate concurred in House amendment No. 1
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764, by a vote of 76 yeas to 17 nays
with 1 voting ``present'' (Vote No. 441) (see Congressional Record,
December 18, 2007, pages S15830-34 and S15843-88).
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The House also added a second amendment to H.R. 2764,
inserting a division L making supplemental appropriations for
the Department of Defense.\3\ The Senate adopted a substitute
for that amendment \4\ and the House subsequently agreed to
that substitute,\5\ resolving the remaining difference between
the House and the Senate versions of H.R. 2764. The President
signed the legislation on December 26, 2007 and it became
Public Law 110-161.
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\3\ This is the second House amendment referred to in footnote 1
above.
\4\ On December 18, the Senate agreed to a motion by Senator
McConnell to concur in House amendment No. 2 with a further Senate
amendment (see Congressional Record, December 18, 2007, pages S15844-45
and S15860-61). The motion was agreed to by a vote of 70 yeas to 25
nays (Vote No. 439).
\5\ On December 19, the House agreed to the Senate amendment to
House amendment No. 2 to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764 (see
Congressional Record, December 19, 2007, pages H16860-64, H16887-89,
H16901-13). The vote was 272 yeas to 142 nays (Roll No. 1186).
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As directed by the House of Representatives,\6\ Mr. Obey,
Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, filed an
Explanatory Statement in the Congressional Record of December
17, 2007 covering the legislation contained in divisions A
through K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.\7\ The
Explanatory Statement was provided to the House Rules Committee
the previous evening and its full text was made available to
Members of Congress and the public on the Rules Committee
website by early morning on December 17.
Section 4 of the Consolidated Act provides that this
Explanatory Statement ``shall have the same effect with respect
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A
through K of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory
statement of a committee of conference''. The text of the
Explanatory Statement is reproduced in full in this committee
print.
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\6\ H. Res. 869, section 3.
\7\ The submission of this Explanatory Statement is noted on page
H15479 of the December 17, 2007 Congressional Record. The Statement
itself appears in books II and III of the December 17 Record.
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For the convenience of users, this print is organized
according to the 12 divisions of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, with the legislative text of each division
paired with the applicable portion of the Explanatory
Statement.
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[House Appropriations Committee Print]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
(H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161)
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL DIVISIONS OF CONSOLIDATED ACT
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[Clerk's note: Reproduced below is the text of the sections
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764, P.L. 110-
161) which precede division A and which apply to all divisions
of that Act.]
Legislative Text
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 ``Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2008''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Emergency designations.
Sec. 6. Statement of appropriations.
DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions
DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Rescissions
DIVISION C--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
DIVISION D--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to
the President
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--District of Columbia
Title V--Independent Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act
Title VII--General Provisions--Government-wide
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia
DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Homeland Security
Title II--Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III--Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV--Research and Development, Training, and Services
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization
DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
Title V--Wildfire Suppression Emergency Appropriations
DIVISION G--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--National Commission on Children and Disasters
DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II--General Provisions
DIVISION I--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
DIVISION J--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED
PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of State and Related Agencies
Title II--Export and Investment Assistance
Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title IV--Military Assistance
Title V--Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title VI--General Provisions
DIVISION K--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions This Act
DIVISION L--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
The explanatory statement regarding the consolidated
appropriations amendment of the House of Representatives to the
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764, printed in the House
section of the Congressional Record on or about December 17,
2007 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House, shall have the same effect with respect to the
allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through K
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a
committee of conference.
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.
Any designation in any division of this Act referring to this
section is a designation of an amount as an emergency
requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21
(110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
[Clerk's note: Reproduced below are the introductory
paragraphs of the ``Explanatory Statement Submitted by Mr.
Obey, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations,
Regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Amendment of the
House of Representatives to the Senate Amendment to H.R.
2764''.]
Explanatory Statement
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MR. OBEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO
H.R. 2764
Following is an explanation of the amendment of the House
of Representatives (relating to consolidated appropriations for
fiscal year 2008) to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764,
the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2008, including disclosure of congressional
earmarks and congressionally directed spending items as defined
in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the
Senate.
Section 4 of the House amendment specifies that this
explanatory statement shall have the same effect with respect
to the allocation of funds and implementation of this
Consolidated Appropriations Act as if it were a joint
explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
In this statement, the provisions of the House amendment to
the Senate amendment are generally referred to as ``the amended
bill''. Where comparisons are made to House and Senate action,
unless otherwise stated these comparisons are to the versions
of the applicable 2008 Appropriations Act as passed by the
House and as passed by the Senate (or as reported by the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, in the case of bills that have not
been passed by the Senate).
The House amendment strikes the text of the Senate
amendment and inserts a Consolidated Appropriations Act
covering 11 regular appropriations bills, each in a separate
division, as follows:
Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division C--Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division D--Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division E--Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division F--Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2008;
Division G--Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division H--Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2008;
Division I--Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2008;
Division J--Department of State, Foreign
Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2008;
Division K--Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2008.
Section 1 of the amended bill provides that the bill as a
whole may be referred to as the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2008. Section 3 states that, unless expressly provided
otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any
division of the amended bill shall be treated as referring only
to the provisions of that division. Section 5 contains an
emergency designation (for purposes of section 204 of S. Con.
Res 21, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2008) which applies to certain appropriations within the
divisions of the Act that make reference to section 5.