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. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
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receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a 
rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2007 and under the authority 
and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 
projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 
and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 
provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 
in fiscal year 2007, and for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority were made available in the following 
appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (division A of Public Law 109–289). 
(2) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295). 
(3) The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amend-
ed by Public Law 110–5). 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro-
duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 
2007 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 
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above those sustained with fiscal year 2007 funds; or (3) 
the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 
activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 
subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-
ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 
within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element with-
in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 
year 2007. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-
ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-
curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-
nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-
propriated later. 
(c) Notwithstanding this section, the Secretary of De-
fense may, following notification of the congressional de-
fense committees, initiate projects or activities required to 
be undertaken for force protection purposes using funds 
available from the Iraq Freedom Fund. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 
102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-
ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-
tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
ing fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-
tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such 
project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2008, appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 
the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2008 without any provision for such 
project or activity; or (3) November 16, 2007. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
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