110 HR 5222 IH: Semper Fi Act U.S. House of Representatives 2008-02-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2008 Mr. Campbell of California (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Carter, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Poe, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Issa, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Ms. Fallin, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Herger, Mr. Feeney, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Mack, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Keller of Florida, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Gingrey, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Hensarling, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. King of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Semper Fi Act.

2.

Rescission and transfer of funds

(a)

Rescission of certain earmarks

All of the amounts appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161) and the accompanying report for congressional directed spending items for the City of Berkeley, California, or entities located in such city are hereby rescinded. (b)

Transfer of funds to Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

The amounts rescinded under subsection (a) shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2008 to be used for recruiting purposes. (c)

Congressional directed spending item defined

In this section, the term congressional directed spending item has the meaning given such term in paragraph 5(a) of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.