IA 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 52 

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 

Mr. OBEY introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

5 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

8 fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a 

2 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro3 priations Acts for fiscal year 2007 and under the authority 

4 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

5 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 

6 and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 

7 provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 

8 in fiscal year 2007, and for which appropriations, funds, 

9 or other authority were made available in the following 

10 appropriations Acts: 

11 (1) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

12 Act, 2007 (division A of Public Law 109–289). 

13 (2) The Department of Homeland Security Ap14 propriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295). 

15 (3) The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

16 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amend17 ed by Public Law 110–5). 

18 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail19 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

20 Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new pro21 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

22 2007 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 

23 above those sustained with fiscal year 2007 funds; or (3) 

24 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 

25 activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 


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1 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

2 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest3 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

4 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

5 includes a program element and subprogram element with6 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

7 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

8 year 2007. 

9 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au10 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart11 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro12 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco13 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap14 propriated later. 

15 (c) Notwithstanding this section, the Secretary of De16 fense may, following notification of the congressional de17 fense committees, initiate projects or activities required to 

18 be undertaken for force protection purposes using funds 

19 available from the Iraq Freedom Fund. 

20 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

21 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

22 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

23 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

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1 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro2 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur3 ing fiscal year 2007. 

4 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant5 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga6 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

7 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

8 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 

9 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 

10 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

11 year 2008, appropriations and funds made available and 

12 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

13 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

14 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 

15 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 

16 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

17 Act for fiscal year 2008 without any provision for such 

18 project or activity; or (3) November 16, 2007. 

19 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

20 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

21 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli22 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

23 enacted into law. 

24 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

25 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 


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1 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita2 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

3 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 

4 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

5 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

6 of funds. 

7 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro9 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper10 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be11 ginning of fiscal year 2008 because of distributions of 

12 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 

13 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu14 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

15 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

16 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

17 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

18 so that only the most limited funding action of that per19 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

20 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

21 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

22 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro23 priations Acts for fiscal year 2007, and for activities under 

24 the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued 

25 at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, 


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1 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli2 cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, to be contin3 ued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

4 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man5 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

6 month that begins after October 2007 but not later than 

7 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con8 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

9 payments. 

10 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

11 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

12 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

13 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de14 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro15 priations Act for fiscal year 2007, except that such author16 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

17 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

18 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex19 penses. 

20 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

21 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

22 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 

23 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

24 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au25 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

2 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

3 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding section 20106 of the Con4 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of 

5 Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110– 

6 5), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 

7 or renew contracts under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 

8 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) for 1 year. 

9 SEC. 115. The authority provided by section 3a of 

10 the Act of March 3, 1927 (commonly known as the ‘‘Cot11 ton Statistics and Estimates Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 473a) shall 

12 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

13 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

14 SEC. 116. The authority of the Secretary of Agri15 culture to carry out the adjusted gross income limitation 

16 contained in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 

17 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) shall continue through the end 

18 of the period specified in subsection (e) of such section 

19 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu20 tion, whichever occurs later. 

21 SEC. 117. The provisions of title VIII of the Depart22 ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 

23 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

24 108–447, division B) that apply during fiscal year 2007 


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1 shall continue to apply through the date specified in sec2 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of 

4 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2006 (Public Law 109–163) shall continue in effect 

6 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

8 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

9 SEC. 119. The authority provided by section 1477(d) 

10 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 

11 3306 of Public Law 110–28, shall continue in effect 

12 through the date of enactment of the National Defense 

13 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. 

14 SEC. 120. The authority provided by section 1208 of 

15 the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375) shall con17 tinue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment 

18 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

20 resolution. 

21 SEC. 121. The authority provided by section 1022 of 

22 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 2004 (Public Law 108–136), as amended by section 1022 

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

25 2006 (Public Law 109–163), shall continue in effect 


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1 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

3 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

4 SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 1051a 

5 of title 10, United States Code, shall continue in effect 

6 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

8 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

9 SEC. 123. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law or this joint resolution, and in addition to amounts 

11 otherwise made available by this joint resolution, there is 

12 appropriated $5,200,000,000 for a ‘‘Mine Resistant Am13 bush Protected Vehicle Fund’’, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2008. 

15 (b) The funds provided by subsection (a) shall be 

16 available to the Secretary of Defense to continue techno17 logical research and development and upgrades, to procure 

18 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and associated 

19 support equipment, and to sustain, transport, and field 

20 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. 

21 (c)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall transfer funds 

22 provided by subsection (a) to appropriations for operation 

23 and maintenance; procurement; and research, develop24 ment, test and evaluation to accomplish the purposes spec25 ified in subsection (b). Such transferred funds shall be 


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1 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

2 for the same time period as the appropriation to which 

3 they are transferred. 

4 (2) The transfer authority provided by this subsection 

5 shall be in addition to any other transfer authority avail6 able to the Department of Defense. 

7 (3) The Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 5 

8 days prior to making any transfer under this subsection, 

9 notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 

10 the details of the transfer. 

11 (d) The amount provided by this section is designated 

12 as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emer13 gency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 

14 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent 

15 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 

16 SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

17 Code, shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

18 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 

19 2007’’. 

20 SEC. 125. Section 382N of the Consolidated Farm 

21 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13) shall 

22 be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

23 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2007’’. 

24 SEC. 126. Of the funds made available to the Depart25 ment of Energy under this joint resolution, $484,000 may 


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1 be transferred to another agency for carrying out the pro2 visions of division C of Public Law 108–324. Funds so 

3 transferred shall be refunded to the Department after pas4 sage of the regular appropriations Act for that agency. 

5 SEC. 127. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise 

6 provided under section 101, an additional amount is avail7 able under ‘‘General Services Administration—Operating 

8 Expenses Account’’, at a rate for operations of 

9 $4,340,000, for the costs of agency activities transferred 

10 to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals pursuant to sec11 tion 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163). 

13 (b) For purposes of section 101, the rate for oper14 ations for each of the accounts from which funds were 

15 transferred in fiscal year 2007 pursuant to section 847(b) 

16 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

17 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 41 U.S.C. 607 note) is re18 duced by an amount equal to the annualized level of the 

19 funds transferred. 

20 SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 

22 Columbia may expend local funds for programs and activi23 ties under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 

24 such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 2829 

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1 tives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 

2 Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal 

3 Year 2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub4 mitted to the Congress by the District of Columbia on 

5 June 7, 2007, as amended on June 29, 2007. 

6 SEC. 129. Section 403(f) of the Government Manage7 ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–356; 31 

8 U.S.C. 501 note) shall be applied by substituting the date 

9 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc10 tober 1, 2006’’. 

11 SEC. 130. Section 204(e) of the Veterans Benefits 

12 Improvement Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–454; 38 

13 U.S.C. 4301 note) shall be applied by substituting the 

14 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

15 ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 

16 SEC. 131. Any funds made available pursuant to sec17 tion 101 for United States Customs and Border Protec18 tion may be obligated to support hiring, training, and 

19 equipping of new border patrol agents at a rate for oper20 ations not exceeding that necessary to sustain the num21 bers of new border patrol agents hired, trained, and 

22 equipped in the final quarter of fiscal year 2007. The 

23 Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Pro24 tection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 


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1 the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use 

2 of the authority provided in this section. 

3 SEC. 132. The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

4 continue, through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

5 this joint resolution, to obligate funds at the rate the Sec6 retary determines necessary to maintain not more than the 

7 average monthly number of detention bed spaces in use 

8 during September 2007 at detention facilities operated or 

9 contracted by the Department of Homeland Security. 

10 SEC. 133. During the period specified in section 106 

11 of this joint resolution, section 517(b) of Public Law 109– 

12 295 shall not be in effect. 

13 SEC. 134. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact 

14 of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

15 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting the 

16 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

17 ‘‘the end of fiscal year 2007’’. 

18 SEC. 135. (a) Activities authorized by chapters 2, 3, 

19 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

20 2271 et seq.) shall continue through the date specified in 

21 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

23 resolution, except section 106, there is appropriated to 

24 carry out chapter 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 

25 (19 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) $5,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 136. (a) APPROPRIATION FOR CHIP PRO2 GRAM.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of this joint resolution, there is hereby ap5 propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 

6 otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2008, 

7 $5,000,000,000 for purposes of providing allotments 

8 to States, the District of Columbia, and common9 wealths and territories under section 2104 of the So10 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd), and, in addi11 tion, $40,000,000 for the purpose of providing addi12 tional allotments under subsection (c)(4)(A) of such 

13 section. 

14 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available from 

15 any allotment under subsection (b) shall not be 

16 available for obligation for child health assistance for 

17 items and services furnished after the termination 

18 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu19 tion, or, if earlier, the date of the enactment of an 

20 Act that provides funding for fiscal year 2008 and 

21 for one or more subsequent fiscal years for the Chil22 dren’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of 

23 the Social Security Act. 

24 (b) ALLOTMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services shall make allotments to States, the Dis2 trict of Columbia, and commonwealths and territories 

3 under section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1397dd) from the amounts appropriated under subsection 

5 (a) for the entire fiscal year 2008. 

6 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR 2005 

7 ALLOTMENTS TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUNDING

8 SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.—Section 2104 of 

9 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(i) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR

12 2005 ALLOTMENTS TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUND13 ING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

15 (f) and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), with re16 spect to months beginning during fiscal year 2008, 

17 the Secretary shall provide for a redistribution under 

18 such subsection from the allotments for fiscal year 

19 2005 under subsection (b) that are not expended by 

20 the end of fiscal year 2007, to a fiscal year 2008 

21 shortfall State described in paragraph (2), such 

22 amount as the Secretary determines will eliminate 

23 the estimated shortfall described in such paragraph 

24 for such State for the month. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2008 SHORTFALL STATE DE2 SCRIBED.—A fiscal year 2008 shortfall State de3 scribed in this paragraph is a State with a State 

4 child health plan approved under this title for which 

5 the Secretary estimates, on a monthly basis using 

6 the most recent data available to the Secretary as of 

7 such month, that the projected expenditures under 

8 such plan for such State for fiscal year 2008 will ex9 ceed the sum of— 

10 ‘‘(A) the amount of the State’s allotments 

11 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 that was 

12 not expended by the end of fiscal year 2007; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) the amount of the State’s allotment 

15 for fiscal year 2008. 

16 ‘‘(3) FUNDS REDISTRIBUTED IN THE ORDER IN

17 WHICH STATES REALIZE FUNDING SHORTFALLS.— 

18 The Secretary shall redistribute the amounts avail19 able for redistribution under paragraph (1) to fiscal 

20 year 2008 shortfall States described in paragraph 

21 (2) in the order in which such States realize monthly 

22 funding shortfalls under this title for fiscal year 

23 2008. The Secretary shall only make redistributions 

24 under this subsection to the extent that there are 


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1 unexpended fiscal year 2005 allotments under sub2 section (b) available for such redistributions. 

3 ‘‘(4) PRORATION RULE.—If the amounts avail4 able for redistribution under paragraph (1) are less 

5 than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls 

6 determined for the month under that paragraph, the 

7 amount computed under such paragraph for each 

8 fiscal year 2008 shortfall State for the month shall 

9 be reduced proportionally. 

10 ‘‘(5) RETROSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT.—The Sec11 retary may adjust the estimates and determinations 

12 made to carry out this subsection as necessary on 

13 the basis of the amounts reported by States not 

14 later than November 30, 2007, on CMS Form 64 or 

15 CMS Form 21, as the case may be, and as approved 

16 by the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(6) 1-YEAR AVAILABILITY; NO FURTHER RE18 DISTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (e) 

19 and (f), amounts redistributed to a State pursuant 

20 to this subsection for fiscal year 2008 shall only re21 main available for expenditure by the State through 

22 September 30, 2008, and any amounts of such re23 distributions that remain unexpended as of such 

24 date, shall not be subject to redistribution under 

25 subsection (f).’’. 


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1 (d) EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR QUALIFYING

2 STATES TO USE CERTAIN FUNDS FOR MEDICAID EX3 PENDITURES.—Section 2105(g)(1)(A) of such Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1397ee) is amended by striking ‘‘or 2007’’ and in5 serting ‘‘2007, or 2008’’. 

6 (e) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub7 section (c) and (d) shall be in effect through the date spec8 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or, if earlier, 

9 the date of the enactment of an Act that provides funding 

10 for fiscal year 2008 and for one or more subsequent fiscal 

11 years for the Children’s Health Insurance Program under 

12 title XXI of the Social Security Act. 

13 SEC. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 

15 Susan Thomas, widow of Craig Thomas, late a Senator 

16 from the State of Wyoming, $165,200, and for payment 

17 to Karen L. Gillmor, widow of Paul E. Gillmor, late a Rep18 resentative from the State of Ohio, $165,200. 

19 SEC. 138. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

20 carry out subparagraph (B) of section 1710(f)(2) of title 

21 38, United States Code, and subparagraph (E) of section 

22 1729(a)(2) of such title by substituting the date specified 

23 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for the date speci24 fied in each such subparagraph. 


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1 SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Department of Defense Base Closure Ac3 count 2005’’ at a rate for operations of $5,626,223,000. 

4 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this joint resolution, except section 106, the Department 

6 of Veterans Affairs may expend funds for programs and 

7 activities under the heading ‘‘Information Technology Sys8 tems’’ for pay and associated cost for operations and 

9 maintenance associated staff. 

10 SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 this joint resolution, except section 106, in addition to the 

12 amount made available for fiscal year 2008 to carry out 

13 section 3674 of title 38, United States Code, there is ap14 propriated to carry out that section an additional amount 

15 equal to $6,000,000 multiplied by the ratio of the number 

16 of days covered by this joint resolution to 366. 

17 SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), 

19 the authority of subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 

20 of such Act shall remain in effect through the date speci21 fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

22 SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

23 provided for ‘‘Department of State—Administration of 

24 Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ at 

25 a rate for operations of $4,435,013,000, of which not less 


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1 than $778,449,000 shall be for worldwide security up2 grades. 

3 SEC. 144. The provisions of title II of the McKinney4 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) 

5 shall continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of 

6 such Act, through the earlier of (1) the date specified in 

7 section 106(3) of this joint resolution; or (2) the date of 

8 enactment of an authorization Act relating to the McKin9 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

10 SEC. 145. Funds made available under section 101 

11 for the National Transportation Safety Board shall in12 clude amounts necessary to make lease payments due in 

13 fiscal year 2008 only, on an obligation incurred in 2001 

14 under a capital lease. 

15 SEC. 146. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

16 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

17 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

18 Urban Development may, until the date specified in sec19 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution, insure and may enter 

20 into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 

21 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)). 

22 SEC. 147. Section 24(o) of the United States Hous23 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by 

24 substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

25 joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 148. (a) Section 48103(4) of title 49, United 

2 States Code, shall be applied (1) by substituting the 

3 amount specified in such section with an amount that 

4 equals $3,675,000,000 multiplied by the ratio of the num5 ber of days covered by this joint resolution to 366; and 

6 (2) by substituting the fiscal year specified in such section 

7 with the period beginning October 1, 2007, through the 

8 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

9 (b) Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, 

10 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2008’’ for ‘‘2007’’. 

11 (c) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability 

12 of any balances of contract authority provided under sec13 tion 48103 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 

14 2007 and any prior fiscal year. 

15 SEC. 149. (a) Sections 4081(d)(2)(B), 

16 4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii), 9502(d)(1), and 

17 9502(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 

18 each be applied by substituting the date specified in sec19 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 

20 2007’’ or ‘‘October 1, 2007’’, as the case may be. 

21 (b) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of the 

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 

23 ‘‘or any joint resolution making continuing appropriations 

24 for the fiscal year 2008’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

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