[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2461 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 545
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2461

 To authorize the transfer of certain earmarked funds to accounts for 
           operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2007

Mr. DeMint introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                           December 13, 2007

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the transfer of certain earmarked funds to accounts for 
           operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN EARMARKED FUNDS TO ACCOUNTS 
              FOR OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer the amount of any congressionally 
directed spending item in or in connection with the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2008 (division A of Public Law 110-116) to 
one or more of the accounts specified in subsection (b) for purposes of 
operations and activities in Iraq or Afghanistan.
    (b) Covered Accounts.--The accounts specified in this subsection 
are the accounts as follows:
            (1) The accounts of the Department of Defense.
            (2) The accounts of the Department of State.
            (3) The accounts of the United States Agency for 
        International Development.
            (4) The account of any other department or agency of the 
        United States Government conducting operations or activities in 
        Iraq or Afghanistan, but only for the purpose of funding such 
        operations or activities.
    (c) Effect of Transfer.--
            (1) Merger with account to which transferred.--Any amount 
        transferred under subsection (a) to an account specified in 
        subsection (b) shall be merged with amounts in such account 
        that are available for operations or activities in Iraq or 
        Afghanistan, and shall available for the same purposes, and 
        subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
        such account that are available for operations or activities in 
        Iraq or Afghanistan.
            (2) Effect on accounts.--A transfer of an amount under 
        subsection (a) to an account specified in subsection (b) shall 
        be deemed to increase the amount provided for such account by 
        an amount equal to the amount transferred.
            (3) Termination of congressional directed spending item.--
        Upon the transfer under subsection (a) of the amount of a 
        congressionally directed spending item, the budget authority, 
        credit authority, or other spending authority for such item in 
        the amount as so directed shall have no further force or 
        effect.
    (d) Congressionally Directed Spending Item Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``congressionally directed spending item'' means a 
provision or report language included primarily at the request of a 
Member of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific 
amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other 
spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan 
authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a 
specific State, locality, or Congressional district other than through 
a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award 
process.
                                                       Calendar No. 545

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2461

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize the transfer of certain earmarked funds to accounts for 
           operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 13, 2007

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar