IIA 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 52 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 

Received 

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, 


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1 receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 

2 corporations, and other organizational units of Govern3 ment for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

5 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro6 priations Acts for fiscal year 2007 and under the authority 

7 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

8 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 

9 and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 

10 provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 

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

12 or other authority were made available in the following 

13 appropriations Acts: 

14 (1) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

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

16 (2) The Department of Homeland Security Ap17 propriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295). 

18 (3) The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

19 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amend20 ed by Public Law 110–5). 

21 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail22 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

23 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro24 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

25 2007 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 


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

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

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

4 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

5 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest6 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

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

8 includes a program element and subprogram element with9 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

10 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

11 year 2007. 

12 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au13 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart14 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro15 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco16 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap17 propriated later. 

18 (c) Notwithstanding this section, the Secretary of De19 fense may, following notification of the congressional de20 fense committees, initiate projects or activities required to 

21 be undertaken for force protection purposes using funds 

22 available from the Iraq Freedom Fund. 

23 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

25 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 


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1 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

2 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author3 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini4 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro5 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur6 ing fiscal year 2007. 

7 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant8 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga9 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

10 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

11 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 

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

13 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

14 year 2008, appropriations and funds made available and 

15 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

16 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

19 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

20 Act for fiscal year 2008 without any provision for such 

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

22 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

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1 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

2 enacted into law. 

3 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

4 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 

5 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita6 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

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

8 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

9 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

10 of funds. 

11 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro13 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper14 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be15 ginning of fiscal year 2008 because of distributions of 

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

17 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu18 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

19 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

20 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

21 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

22 so that only the most limited funding action of that per23 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

24 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 


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

2 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro3 priations Acts for fiscal year 2007, and for activities under 

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

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

6 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli7 cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, to be contin8 ued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

9 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man10 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

11 month that begins after October 2007 but not later than 

12 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con13 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

14 payments. 

15 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

16 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

17 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

18 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de19 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro20 priations Act for fiscal year 2007, except that such author21 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

22 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

23 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex24 penses. 


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1 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

2 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

4 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

5 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au6 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

7 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

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

9 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding section 20106 of the Con10 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of 

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

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

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

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

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

16 the Act of March 3, 1927 (commonly known as the ‘‘Cot17 ton Statistics and Estimates Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 473a) shall 

18 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

19 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

20 SEC. 116. The authority of the Secretary of Agri21 culture to carry out the adjusted gross income limitation 

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

23 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) shall continue through the end 

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


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1 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu2 tion, whichever occurs later. 

3 SEC. 117. The provisions of title VIII of the Depart4 ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 

5 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

6 108–447, division B) that apply during fiscal year 2007 

7 shall continue to apply through the date specified in sec8 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

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

10 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2006 (Public Law 109–163) shall continue in effect 

12 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na13 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

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

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

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

17 3306 of Public Law 110–28, shall continue in effect 

18 through the date of enactment of the National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. 

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

21 the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375) shall con23 tinue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment 

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 


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1 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

2 resolution. 

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

4 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2004 (Public Law 108–136), as amended by section 1022 

6 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2006 (Public Law 109–163), shall continue in effect 

8 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

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

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

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

13 through the earlier of the date of enactment of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or 

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

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

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

18 otherwise made available by this joint resolution, there is 

19 appropriated $5,200,000,000 for a ‘‘Mine Resistant Am20 bush Protected Vehicle Fund’’, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2008. 

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

23 available to the Secretary of Defense to continue techno24 logical research and development and upgrades, to procure 

25 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and associated 


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

2 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. 

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

4 provided by subsection (a) to appropriations for operation 

5 and maintenance; procurement; and research, develop6 ment, test and evaluation to accomplish the purposes spec7 ified in subsection (b). Such transferred funds shall be 

8 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

9 for the same time period as the appropriation to which 

10 they are transferred. 

11 (2) The transfer authority provided by this subsection 

12 shall be in addition to any other transfer authority avail13 able to the Department of Defense. 

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

15 days prior to making any transfer under this subsection, 

16 notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 

17 the details of the transfer. 

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

19 as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emer20 gency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 

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

22 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 

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

24 Code, shall be applied by substituting the date specified 


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

2 2007’’. 

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

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

5 be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

6 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2007’’. 

7 SEC. 126. Of the funds made available to the Depart8 ment of Energy under this joint resolution, $484,000 may 

9 be transferred to another agency for carrying out the pro10 visions of division C of Public Law 108–324. Funds so 

11 transferred shall be refunded to the Department after pas12 sage of the regular appropriations Act for that agency. 

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

14 provided under section 101, an additional amount is avail15 able under ‘‘General Services Administration—Operating 

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

17 $4,340,000, for the costs of agency activities transferred 

18 to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals pursuant to sec19 tion 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

21 (b) For purposes of section 101, the rate for oper22 ations for each of the accounts from which funds were 

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

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 duced by an amount equal to the annualized level of the 

2 funds transferred. 

3 SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 Columbia may expend local funds for programs and activi6 ties under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 

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

8 (110th Congress), as passed by the House of Representa9 tives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 

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

11 Year 2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub12 mitted to the Congress by the District of Columbia on 

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

14 SEC. 129. Section 403(f) of the Government Manage15 ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–356; 31 

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

17 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc18 tober 1, 2006’’. 

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

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

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

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

23 ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 

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1 tion may be obligated to support hiring, training, and 

2 equipping of new border patrol agents at a rate for oper3 ations not exceeding that necessary to sustain the num4 bers of new border patrol agents hired, trained, and 

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

6 Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Pro7 tection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use 

9 of the authority provided in this section. 

10 SEC. 132. The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

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

12 this joint resolution, to obligate funds at the rate the Sec13 retary determines necessary to maintain not more than the 

14 average monthly number of detention bed spaces in use 

15 during September 2007 at detention facilities operated or 

16 contracted by the Department of Homeland Security. 

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

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

19 295 shall not be in effect. 

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

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

22 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting the 

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

24 ‘‘the end of fiscal year 2007’’. 


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

2 5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

3 2271 et seq.) shall continue through the date specified in 

4 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

5 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

6 resolution, except section 106, there is appropriated to 

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

8 (19 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) $5,000,000. 

9 SEC. 136. (a) APPROPRIATION FOR CHIP PRO10 GRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of this joint resolution, there is hereby ap13 propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 

14 otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2008, 

15 $5,000,000,000 for purposes of providing allotments 

16 to States, the District of Columbia, and common17 wealths and territories under section 2104 of the So18 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd), and, in addi19 tion, $40,000,000 for the purpose of providing addi20 tional allotments under subsection (c)(4)(A) of such 

21 section. 

22 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available from 

23 any allotment under subsection (b) shall not be 

24 available for obligation for child health assistance for 

25 items and services furnished after the termination 


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1 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu2 tion, or, if earlier, the date of the enactment of an 

3 Act that provides funding for fiscal year 2008 and 

4 for one or more subsequent fiscal years for the Chil5 dren’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of 

6 the Social Security Act. 

7 (b) ALLOTMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services shall make allotments to States, the Dis10 trict of Columbia, and commonwealths and territories 

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

12 1397dd) from the amounts appropriated under subsection 

13 (a) for the entire fiscal year 2008. 

14 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR 2005 

15 ALLOTMENTS TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUNDING

16 SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.—Section 2104 of 

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

18 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(i) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR

20 2005 ALLOTMENTS TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUND21 ING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 

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

23 (f) and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), with re24 spect to months beginning during fiscal year 2008, 

25 the Secretary shall provide for a redistribution under 


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1 such subsection from the allotments for fiscal year 

2 2005 under subsection (b) that are not expended by 

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

4 shortfall State described in paragraph (2), such 

5 amount as the Secretary determines will eliminate 

6 the estimated shortfall described in such paragraph 

7 for such State for the month. 

8 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2008 SHORTFALL STATE DE9 SCRIBED.—A fiscal year 2008 shortfall State de10 scribed in this paragraph is a State with a State 

11 child health plan approved under this title for which 

12 the Secretary estimates, on a monthly basis using 

13 the most recent data available to the Secretary as of 

14 such month, that the projected expenditures under 

15 such plan for such State for fiscal year 2008 will ex16 ceed the sum of— 

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

18 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 that was 

19 not expended by the end of fiscal year 2007; 

20 and 

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

22 for fiscal year 2008. 

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

24 WHICH STATES REALIZE FUNDING SHORTFALLS.— 

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1 able for redistribution under paragraph (1) to fiscal 

2 year 2008 shortfall States described in paragraph 

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

4 funding shortfalls under this title for fiscal year 

5 2008. The Secretary shall only make redistributions 

6 under this subsection to the extent that there are 

7 unexpended fiscal year 2005 allotments under sub8 section (b) available for such redistributions. 

9 ‘‘(4) PRORATION RULE.—If the amounts avail10 able for redistribution under paragraph (1) are less 

11 than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls 

12 determined for the month under that paragraph, the 

13 amount computed under such paragraph for each 

14 fiscal year 2008 shortfall State for the month shall 

15 be reduced proportionally. 

16 ‘‘(5) RETROSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT.—The Sec17 retary may adjust the estimates and determinations 

18 made to carry out this subsection as necessary on 

19 the basis of the amounts reported by States not 

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

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

22 by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(6) 1–YEAR AVAILABILITY; NO FURTHER RE24 DISTRIBUTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (e) 

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


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1 to this subsection for fiscal year 2008 shall only re2 main available for expenditure by the State through 

3 September 30, 2008, and any amounts of such re4 distributions that remain unexpended as of such 

5 date, shall not be subject to redistribution under 

6 subsection (f).’’. 

7 (d) EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR QUALIFYING

8 STATES TO USE CERTAIN FUNDS FOR MEDICAID EX9 PENDITURES.—Section 2105(g)(1)(A) of such Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1397ee) is amended by striking ‘‘or 2007’’ and in11 serting ‘‘2007, or 2008’’. 

12 (e) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub13 section (c) and (d) shall be in effect through the date spec14 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or, if earlier, 

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

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

17 years for the Children’s Health Insurance Program under 

18 title XXI of the Social Security Act. 

19 SEC. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 

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

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

23 to Karen L. Gillmor, widow of Paul E. Gillmor, late a Rep24 resentative from the State of Ohio, $165,200. 


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1 SEC. 138. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

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

3 38, United States Code, and subparagraph (E) of section 

4 1729(a)(2) of such title by substituting the date specified 

5 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for the date speci6 fied in each such subparagraph. 

7 SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

8 provided for ‘‘Department of Defense Base Closure Ac9 count 2005’’ at a rate for operations of $5,626,223,000. 

10 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 this joint resolution, except section 106, the Department 

12 of Veterans Affairs may expend funds for programs and 

13 activities under the heading ‘‘Information Technology Sys14 tems’’ for pay and associated cost for operations and 

15 maintenance associated staff. 

16 SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

18 amount made available for fiscal year 2008 to carry out 

19 section 3674 of title 38, United States Code, there is ap20 propriated to carry out that section an additional amount 

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

22 of days covered by this joint resolution to 366. 

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

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

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


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1 of such Act shall remain in effect through the date speci2 fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

4 provided for ‘‘Department of State—Administration of 

5 Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ at 

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

7 than $778,449,000 shall be for worldwide security up8 grades. 

9 SEC. 144. The provisions of title II of the McKinney10 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) 

11 shall continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of 

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

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

14 enactment of an authorization Act relating to the McKin15 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

16 SEC. 145. Funds made available under section 101 

17 for the National Transportation Safety Board shall in18 clude amounts necessary to make lease payments due in 

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

20 under a capital lease. 

21 SEC. 146. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

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

23 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

24 Urban Development may, until the date specified in sec25 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution, insure and may enter 


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1 into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 

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

3 SEC. 147. Section 24(o) of the United States Hous4 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by 

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

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

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

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

9 amount specified in such section with an amount that 

10 equals $3,675,000,000 multiplied by the ratio of the num11 ber of days covered by this joint resolution to 366; and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 of any balances of contract authority provided under sec19 tion 48103 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 

20 2007 and any prior fiscal year. 

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

22 4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii), 9502(d)(1), and 

23 9502(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 

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1 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 

2 2007’’ or ‘‘October 1, 2007’’, as the case may be. 

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

4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 

5 ‘‘or any joint resolution making continuing appropriations 

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

7 SEC. 150. (a) Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) General David H. Petraeus was confirmed 

9 by a unanimous vote of 81–0 in the Senate on Janu10 ary 26, 2007, to be the Commander of the Multi11 National Forces—Iraq. 

12 (2) General David H. Petraeus assumed com13 mand of the Multi-National Forces—Iraq on Feb14 ruary 10, 2007. 

15 (3) General David H. Petraeus previously 

16 served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Com17 mander of the Multi-National Security Transition 

18 Command—Iraq, as the Commander of the NATO 

19 Training Mission—Iraq, and as Commander of the 

20 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the 

21 first year of combat operations in Iraq. 

22 (4) General David H. Petraeus has received nu23 merous awards and distinctions during his career, 

24 including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, 

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1 awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal, four 

2 awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star 

3 Medal for valor, the State Department Superior 

4 Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, 

5 and the Gold Award of the Iraqi Order of the Date 

6 Palm. 

7 (5) The leadership of the majority party in both 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate im9 plored the American people and Members of Con10 gress early in January 2007 to listen to the generals 

11 on the ground. 

12 (b) It is the sense of the Congress that the House 

13 of Representatives— 

14 (1) recognizes the service of General David H. 

15 Petraeus, as well as all other members of the Armed 

16 Forces serving in good standing, in the defense of 

17 the United States and the personal sacrifices made 

18 by General Petraeus and his family, and other mem19 bers of the Armed Forces and their families, to serve 

20 with distinction and honor; 

21 (2) commits to judge the merits of the sworn 

22 testimony of General David H. Petraeus without 

23 prejudice or personal bias, including refraining from 

24 unwarranted personal attacks; 


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1 (3) condemns in the strongest possible terms 

2 the personal attacks made by the advocacy group 

3 MoveOn.org impugning the integrity and profes4 sionalism of General David H. Petraeus; 

5 (4) honors all members of the Armed Forces 

6 and civilian personnel serving in harm’s way, as well 

7 as their families; and 

8 (5) pledges to debate any supplemental funding 

9 request or any policy decisions regarding the war in 

10 Iraq with the solemn respect and the commitment to 

11 intellectual integrity that the sacrifices of these 

12 members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel 

13 deserve. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 

2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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