Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.
PL 110-92 (H.J.Res.52), enacted 09/29/2007

121 STAT. 989 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
Public Law 110–92 
110th Congress 
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 fol-
lowing sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable cor-
porate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several depart-
ments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of 
Government 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 appropriations 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 Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295). 
(3) The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 
110–5). 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2007 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates 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 investment 
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 within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2007. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
Sept. 29, 2007 
[H.J. Res. 52] 
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121 STAT. 990 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
(c) Notwithstanding this section, the Secretary of Defense may, 
following notification of the congressional defense committees, ini-
tiate projects or activities required to be undertaken for force protec-
tion 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. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 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, appro-
priations 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 authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used 
without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval 
of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 
States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 
to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would other-
wise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2008 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-
grams funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 
funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2007, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain pro-
gram levels under current law, under the authority and conditions 
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, 
to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
Expiration date. 
Notification. 
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121 STAT. 991 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2007 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding section 20106 of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5), the Secretary of Agriculture 
is authorized to enter into or renew contracts under section 521(a)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) for 1 year. 
SEC. 115. The authority provided by section 3a of the Act 
of March 3, 1927 (commonly known as the ‘‘Cotton Statistics and 
Estimates Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 473a) shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 116. The authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to 
carry out the adjusted gross income limitation contained in section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) shall 
continue through the end of the period specified in subsection 
(e) of such section or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution, whichever occurs later. 
SEC. 117. The provisions of title VIII of the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447, division B) that 
apply during fiscal year 2007 shall continue to apply through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
Law 109–163) shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 
date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 119. The authority provided by section 1477(d) of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by section 3306 of Public 
Law 110–28, shall continue in effect through the date of enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. 
SEC. 120. The authority provided by section 1208 of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375) shall continue in effect through the 
earlier of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
Contracts. 
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121 STAT. 992 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
SEC. 121. The authority provided by section 1022 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136), as amended by section 1022 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163), shall 
continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 1051a of title 
10, United States Code, shall continue in effect through the earlier 
of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 123. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
this joint resolution, and in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available 
by 
this 
joint 
resolution, 
there 
is 
appropriated 
$5,200,000,000 for a ‘‘Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle 
Fund’’, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
(b) The funds provided by subsection (a) shall be available 
to the Secretary of Defense to continue technological research and 
development and upgrades, to procure Mine Resistant Ambush 
Protected vehicles and associated support equipment, and to sus-
tain, transport, and field Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall transfer funds provided 
by subsection (a) to appropriations for operation and maintenance; 
procurement; and research, development, test and evaluation to 
accomplish the purposes specified in subsection (b). Such transferred 
funds shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriation to which they 
are transferred. 
(2) The transfer authority provided by this subsection shall 
be in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense. 
(3) The Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 5 days prior 
to making any transfer under this subsection, notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing of the details of the transfer. 
(d) The amount provided by this section is designated as an 
emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs 
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 
21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2007’’. 
SEC. 125. Section 382N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13) shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 
for ‘‘October 1, 2007’’. 
SEC. 126. Of the funds made available to the Department 
of Energy under this joint resolution, $484,000 may be transferred 
to another agency for carrying out the provisions of division C 
of Public Law 108–324. Funds so transferred shall be refunded 
to the Department after passage of the regular appropriations Act 
for that agency. 
SEC. 127. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
under section 101, an additional amount is available under ‘‘General 
Services Administration—Operating Expenses Account’’, at a rate 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
Expiration date. 
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121 STAT. 993 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
for operations of $4,340,000, for the costs of agency activities trans-
ferred to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals pursuant to section 
847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (Public Law 109–163). 
(b) For purposes of section 101, the rate for operations for 
each of the accounts from which funds were transferred in fiscal 
year 2007 pursuant to section 847(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 41 
U.S.C. 607 note) is reduced by an amount equal to the annualized 
level of the funds transferred. 
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds for programs and activities under the heading ‘‘District 
of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
IV of H.R. 2829 (110th Congress), as passed by the House of 
Representatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 
Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2008 
Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress 
by the District of Columbia on June 7, 2007, as amended on June 
29, 2007. 
SEC. 129. Section 403(f) of the Government Management 
Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–356; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2006’’. 
SEC. 130. Section 204(e) of the Veterans Benefits Improvement 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–454; 38 U.S.C. 4301 note) shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 
SEC. 131. Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 
for United States Customs and Border Protection may be obligated 
to support hiring, training, and equipping of new border patrol 
agents at a rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to 
sustain the numbers of new border patrol agents hired, trained, 
and equipped in the final quarter of fiscal year 2007. The Commis-
sioner of United States Customs and Border Protection shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this 
section. 
SEC. 132. The Secretary of Homeland Security may continue, 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 
to obligate funds at the rate the Secretary determines necessary 
to maintain not more than the average monthly number of detention 
bed spaces in use during September 2007 at detention facilities 
operated or contracted by the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 133. During the period specified in section 106 of this 
joint resolution, section 517(b) of Public Law 109–295 shall not 
be in effect. 
SEC. 134. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘the end of fiscal year 2007’’. 
SEC. 135. (a) Activities authorized by chapters 2, 3, 5, and 
6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 
shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
except section 106, there is appropriated to carry out chapter 6 
Notification. 
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121 STAT. 994 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) 
$5,000,000. 
SEC. 136. (a) APPROPRIATION FOR CHIP PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, there is hereby appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for fiscal 
year 2008, $5,000,000,000 for purposes of providing allotments 
to States, the District of Columbia, and commonwealths and 
territories under section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397dd), and, in addition, $40,000,000 for the purpose 
of providing additional allotments under subsection (c)(4)(A) 
of such section. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available from any allot-
ment under subsection (b) shall not be available for obligation 
for child health assistance for items and services furnished 
after the termination date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution, or, if earlier, the date of the enactment of 
an Act that provides funding for fiscal year 2008 and for one 
or more subsequent fiscal years for the Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act. 
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
make allotments to States, the District of Columbia, and common-
wealths and territories under section 2104 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) from the amounts appropriated under sub-
section (a) for the entire fiscal year 2008. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR 2005 ALLOTMENTS 
TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2008.—Section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR 2005 ALLOTMENTS 
TO STATES WITH ESTIMATED FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2008.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (f) and sub-
ject to paragraphs (3) and (4), with respect to months beginning 
during fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall provide for a redis-
tribution under such subsection from the allotments for fiscal 
year 2005 under subsection (b) that are not expended by the 
end of fiscal year 2007, to a fiscal year 2008 shortfall State 
described in paragraph (2), such amount as the Secretary deter-
mines will eliminate the estimated shortfall described in such 
paragraph for such State for the month. 
‘‘(2) FISCAL
YEAR
2008
SHORTFALL
STATE
DESCRIBED.—A 
fiscal year 2008 shortfall State described in this paragraph 
is a State with a State child health plan approved under 
this title for which the Secretary estimates, on a monthly 
basis using the most recent data available to the Secretary 
as of such month, that the projected expenditures under such 
plan for such State for fiscal year 2008 will exceed the sum 
of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the State’s allotments for each 
of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 that was not expended by 
the end of fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(B) the amount of the State’s allotment for fiscal year 
2008. 
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121 STAT. 995 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
‘‘(3) FUNDS REDISTRIBUTED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH STATES 
REALIZE
FUNDING
SHORTFALLS.—The Secretary shall redis-
tribute the amounts available for redistribution under para-
graph (1) to fiscal year 2008 shortfall States described in para-
graph (2) in the order in which such States realize monthly 
funding shortfalls under this title for fiscal year 2008. The 
Secretary shall only make redistributions under this subsection 
to the extent that there are unexpended fiscal year 2005 allot-
ments under subsection (b) available for such redistributions. 
‘‘(4) PRORATION RULE.—If the amounts available for redis-
tribution under paragraph (1) are less than the total amounts 
of the estimated shortfalls determined for the month under 
that paragraph, the amount computed under such paragraph 
for each fiscal year 2008 shortfall State for the month shall 
be reduced proportionally. 
‘‘(5) RETROSPECTIVE
ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary may 
adjust the estimates and determinations made to carry out 
this subsection as necessary on the basis of the amounts 
reported by States not later than November 30, 2007, on CMS 
Form 64 or CMS Form 21, as the case may be, and as approved 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(6) 1–YEAR AVAILABILITY; NO FURTHER REDISTRIBUTION.— 
Notwithstanding subsections (e) and (f), amounts redistributed 
to a State pursuant to this subsection for fiscal year 2008 
shall only remain available for expenditure by the State through 
September 30, 2008, and any amounts of such redistributions 
that remain unexpended as of such date, shall not be subject 
to redistribution under subsection (f).’’. 
(d) EXTENDING AUTHORITY
FOR QUALIFYING STATES
TO USE 
CERTAIN
FUNDS
FOR
MEDICAID
EXPENDITURES.—Section 
2105(g)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee) is amended by striking 
‘‘or 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, or 2008’’. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsections (c) 
and (d) shall be in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution or, if earlier, the date of the enactment 
of an Act that provides funding for fiscal year 2008 and for one 
or more subsequent fiscal years for the Children’s Health Insurance 
Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Susan Thomas, 
widow of Craig Thomas, late a Senator from the State of Wyoming, 
$165,200, and for payment to Karen L. Gillmor, widow of Paul 
E. Gillmor, late a Representative from the State of Ohio, $165,200. 
SEC. 138. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out 
subparagraph (B) of section 1710(f)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, and subparagraph (E) of section 1729(a)(2) of such title by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu-
tion for the date specified in each such subparagraph. 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005’’ at a rate 
for operations of $5,626,223,000. 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the Department of Veterans Affairs 
may expend funds for programs and activities under the heading 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for pay and associated cost for 
operations and maintenance associated staff. 
Susan Thomas. 
Karen L. Gillmor. 
42 USC 1397dd 
note. 
Deadline. 
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121 STAT. 996 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, in addition to the amount made 
available for fiscal year 2008 to carry out section 3674 of title 
38, United States Code, there is appropriated to carry out that 
section an additional amount equal to $6,000,000 multiplied by 
the ratio of the number of days covered by this joint resolution 
to 366. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), the authority of 
subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain 
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ at a rate for operations of 
$4,435,013,000, of which not less than $778,449,000 shall be for 
worldwide security upgrades. 
SEC. 144. The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall continue 
in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act, through the 
earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution; or (2) the date of enactment of an authorization Act 
relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
SEC. 145. Funds made available under section 101 for the 
National Transportation Safety Board shall include amounts nec-
essary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2008 only, on 
an obligation incurred in 2001 under a capital lease. 
SEC. 146. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence 
of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, 
until the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 
insure and may enter into commitments to insure mortgages under 
section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)). 
SEC. 147. Section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2007’’. 
SEC. 148. (a) Section 48103(4) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be applied: (1) by substituting the amount specified in such 
section with an amount that equals $3,675,000,000 multiplied by 
the ratio of the number of days covered by this joint resolution 
to 366; and (2) by substituting the fiscal year specified in such 
section with the period beginning October 1, 2007, through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
(b) Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2008’’ for ‘‘2007’’. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability of any 
balances of contract authority provided under section 48103 of 
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2007 and any prior 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 
149. 
(a) 
Sections 
4081(d)(2)(B), 
4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), 
4271(d)(1)(A)(ii), 9502(d)(1), and 9502(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 shall each be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ 
or ‘‘October 1, 2007’’, as the case may be. 
(b) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘or any joint resolution 
26 USC 9502. 
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121 STAT. 997 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008’’ before 
the semicolon at the end. 
SEC. 150. (a) Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) General David H. Petraeus was confirmed by a unani-
mous vote of 81–0 in the Senate on January 26, 2007, to 
be the Commander of the Multi-National Forces—Iraq. 
(2) General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the 
Multi-National Forces—Iraq on February 10, 2007. 
(3) General David H. Petraeus previously served in Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom as the Commander of the Multi-National 
Security Transition Command—Iraq, as the Commander of the 
NATO Training Mission—Iraq, and as Commander of the 101st 
Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the first year of combat 
operations in Iraq. 
(4) General David H. Petraeus has received numerous 
awards and distinctions during his career, including the 
Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Distin-
guished Service Medal, two awards of the Defense Superior 
Service Medal, four awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze 
Star Medal for valor, the State Department Superior Honor 
Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, and the Gold 
Award of the Iraqi Order of the Date Palm. 
(5) The leadership of the majority party in both the House 
of Representatives and the Senate implored the American 
people and Members of Congress early in January 2007 to 
listen to the generals on the ground. 
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that the House of Representa-
tives— 
(1) recognizes the service of General David H. Petraeus, 
as well as all other members of the Armed Forces serving 
in good standing, in the defense of the United States and 
the personal sacrifices made by General Petraeus and his 
family, and other members of the Armed Forces and their 
families, to serve with distinction and honor; 
(2) commits to judge the merits of the sworn testimony 
of General David H. Petraeus without prejudice or personal 
bias, including refraining from unwarranted personal attacks; 
(3) condemns in the strongest possible terms the personal 
attacks made by the advocacy group MoveOn.org impugning 
the integrity and professionalism of General David H. Petraeus; 
(4) honors all members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
personnel serving in harm’s way, as well as their families; 
and 
(5) pledges to debate any supplemental funding request 
or any policy decisions regarding the war in Iraq with the 
solemn respect and the commitment to intellectual integrity 
MoveOn.org. 
David H. 
Petraeus. 
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121 STAT. 998 
PUBLIC LAW 110–92—SEPT. 29, 2007 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 52: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007): 
Sept. 26, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate. 
that the sacrifices of these members of the Armed Forces and 
civilian personnel deserve. 
Approved September 29, 2007. 
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