[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2596 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 570
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2596

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2008

   Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
 Vitter, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Burr, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Allard) introduced 
           the following bill; which was read the first time

                           February 11, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Semper Fi Act''.

SEC. 2. RECISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    (a) Recission 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hereby rescinded.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The amounts rescinded under subsection (a) shall be transferred to the 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.
                                                       Calendar No. 570

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2596

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                                 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.

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                           February 11, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar