II Calendar No. 545 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2461 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 A BILL To authorize the transfer of certain earmarked funds to accounts for operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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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.

December 13, 2007 Read the second time and placed on the calendar