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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,
United States Attorneys’’, $5,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2009.
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $18,621,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $164,965,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $82,600,000 to become available on October 1, 2008
and to remain available until September 30, 2009.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $22,666,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009.
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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND
EXPLOSIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $9,100,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009.
CHAPTER 3
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Army’’, $1,170,200,000: Provided, That such funds may be
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design
and military construction projects not otherwise authorized
by law: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $1,033,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2009, and $137,200,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2012: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading for military con-
struction projects in Iraq shall not be obligated or expended
until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committees
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on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that none of
the funds are to be used for the purpose of providing facili-
ties for the permanent basing of U.S. military personnel
in Iraq.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $300,084,000: Provided, That
such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out
planning and design and military construction projects not
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $270,785,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2009, and
$29,299,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2012.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Air Force’’, $361,900,000: Provided, That such funds may
be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design
and military construction projects not otherwise authorized
by law: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $324,300,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2009, and $37,600,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2012: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading for military con-
struction projects in Iraq shall not be obligated or expended
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until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that none of
the funds are to be used for the purpose of providing facili-
ties for the permanent basing of U.S. military personnel
in Iraq.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Defense-Wide’’, $27,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided, That such funds may be obli-
gated and expended to carry out planning and design and
military construction projects not otherwise authorized by
law.
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $11,766,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That such
funds may be obligated or expended for planning and de-
sign and military construction projects not otherwise au-
thorized by law.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10
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U.S.C. 2687 note), $1,202,886,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Major
Projects’’, $437,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be for acceleration and completion of
planned major construction of Level I polytrauma rehabili-
tation centers as identified in the Department of Veterans
Affairs’ Five Year Capital Plan: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, such funds may be
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design
and major medical facility construction not otherwise au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days of
enactment of this Act the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an
expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1301. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available under the heading ‘‘Military
Construction, Army’’, there is hereby appropriated an addi-
tional $70,600,000, to remain available until September 30,
2012, for the acceleration and completion of child develop-
ment center construction as proposed in the fiscal year 2009
budget request for the Department of the Army: Provided,
That such funds may be obligated and expended to carry
out planning and design and military construction not oth-
erwise authorized by law.
SEC. 1302. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available under the heading ‘‘Military
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, there is hereby ap-
propriated an additional $89,820,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2012, for the acceleration and comple-
tion of child development and youth center construction as
proposed in the fiscal year 2009 budget request for the De-
partment of the Navy: Provided, That such funds may be
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design
and military construction not otherwise authorized by law.
SEC. 1303. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available under the heading ‘‘Military
Construction, Air Force’’, there is hereby appropriated an
additional $8,100,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2012, for the acceleration and completion of child devel-
opment center construction as proposed in the fiscal year
2009 budget request for the Department of the Air Force:
Provided, That such funds may be obligated and expended
to carry out planning and design and military construction
not otherwise authorized by law.
SEC. 1304. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available under the heading ‘‘Military
Construction, Army’’, there is hereby appropriated an addi-
tional $200,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2012, to accelerate barracks improvements at Depart-
ment of the Army installations: Provided, That such funds
may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and
design and barracks construction not otherwise authorized
by law: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment
of this Act the Secretary shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi-
ture plan for barracks construction prior to obligation.
SEC. 1305. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS
OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS WHO
DIE OF INJURY INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED IN SERVICE IN
THE LINE OF DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. (a) LIMITATION
ON AUTHORITY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section
5302 the following new section:
‘‘§ 5302A. Collection of indebtedness: certain debts of
members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans who die of injury incurred or aggra-
vated in the line of duty in a combat zone
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may
not collect all or any part of an amount owed to the United
States by a member of the Armed Forces or veteran de-
scribed in subsection (b) under any program under the laws
administered by the Secretary, other than a program re-
ferred to in subsection (c), if the Secretary determines that
termination of collection is in the best interest of the United
States.
‘‘(b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—A member of the Armed
Forces or veteran described in this subsection is any mem-
ber or veteran who dies as a result of an injury incurred
or aggravated in the line of duty while serving in a theater
of combat operations (as determined by the Secretary in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense) in a war or in
combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities
(as that term is defined in section 1712A(a)(2)(B) of this
title) after September 11, 2001.
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‘‘(c) INAPPLICABILITY TO HOUSING AND SMALL BUSI-
NESS BENEFIT PROGRAMS.—The limitation on authority
in subsection (a) shall not apply to any amounts owed the
United States under any program carried out under chap-
ter 37 of this title.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 53 of such title is
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 5302 the following new item:
‘‘5302A. Collection of indebtedness: certain debts of members of the Armed Forces
and veterans who die of injury incurred or aggravated in the
line of duty in a combat zone.’’.
(b) EQUITABLE REFUND.—In any case where all or
any part of an indebtedness of a covered individual, as de-
scribed in section 5302A(a) of title 38, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a)(1), was collected after September
11, 2001, and before the date of the enactment of this Act,
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such
indebtedness would have been terminated had such section
been in effect at such time, the Secretary may refund the
amount so collected if the Secretary determines that the in-
dividual is equitably entitled to such refund.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act, and shall apply with respect to collections of indebted-
ness of members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die
on or after September 11, 2001.
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(d) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008’’.
CHAPTER 4
SUBCHAPTER A—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2008
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, $1,413,700,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009, of which $212,400,000 for worldwide
security protection is available until expended: Provided,
That not more than $1,095,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for diplomatic
operations in Iraq: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not more than $30,000,000
shall be made available to establish and implement a co-
ordinated civilian response capacity at the United States
Department of State: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be
made available to establish a United States Consulate in
Lhasa, Tibet: Provided further, That the Department of
State shall not consent to the opening of a consular post
in the United States by the People’s Republic of China until
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such time as a United States Consulate in Lhasa, Tibet
is established.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
General’’, $12,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2009: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be transferred to
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction for
reconstruction oversight, and up to $5,000,000 may be
transferred to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction for reconstruction oversight.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Programs’’, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009, of which $5,000,000 shall
be for programs and activities in Africa, and $5,000,000
shall be for programs and activities in the Western Hemi-
sphere.
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security,
Construction, and Maintenance’’, $76,700,000, to remain
available until expended, for facilities in Afghanistan.