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Social Worker as required by the position to be
filled; or
(F) any other health care professional des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes
of this section.
(j) TERMINATION.—No agreement may be entered into
under this section after September 30, 2012.
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Financial Matters
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year
2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred.
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the
Secretary may transfer under the authority of this
section may not exceed $5,000,000,000.
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(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of
funds between military personnel authorizations
under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar
limitation in paragraph (2).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations—
(1) may only be used to provide authority for
items that have a higher priority than the items from
which authority is transferred; and
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an
item that has been denied authorization by Congress.
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2007.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2007 in the John Warner
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
(Public Law 109–364) are hereby adjusted, with respect to
any such authorized amount, by the amount by which ap-
propriations pursuant to such authorization are increased
by a supplemental appropriation or by a transfer of funds,
or decreased by a rescission, or any thereof, pursuant to
the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recov-
ery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
(Public Law 110–28).
SEC. 1003. MODIFICATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 GENERAL
TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
Section 1001(a) of the John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–
364; 120 Stat. 2371) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TRANSFERS.—The
following transfers of funds shall be not be counted to-
ward the limitation in paragraph (2) on the amount
that may be transferred under this section:
‘‘(A) The transfer of funds to the Iraq Secu-
rity Forces Fund under reprogramming FY07–
07–R PA.
‘‘(B) The transfer of funds to the Joint Im-
provised Explosive Device Defeat Fund under re-
programming FY07–11 PA.