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110th Congress 
  1st Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

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                      C O M M I T T E E P R I N T

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                   on

                     H.R. 2764 / Public Law 110-161

              [Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]

                       BOOK 1 OF 2--DIVISIONS A-F

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                             January  2008

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                     COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         JERRY LEWIS, California
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      RALPH REGULA, Ohio
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              JAMES T. WALSH, New York
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,       TOM LATHAM, Iowa
 Alabama                             ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         KAY GRANGER, Texas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
SAM FARR, California                 VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      DAVE WELDON, Florida
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
MARION BERRY, Arkansas               DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
BARBARA LEE, California              JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
TOM UDALL, New Mexico                RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
ADAM SCHIFF, California              KEN CALVERT, California
MICHAEL HONDA, California            
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota         
STEVE ISRAEL, New York            
TIM RYAN, Ohio                    
C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER,     
 Maryland                         
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky            
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida 
CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas             

                  Rob Nabors, Clerk and Staff Director

                                  (ii)


                            C O N T E N T S

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                                 BOOK 1

                                                                   Page
Provisions Applying to All Divisions.............................     1
Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
  Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act........     9
Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
  Appropriations Act.............................................   165
Division C--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
  Appropriations Act.............................................   453
Division D--Financial Services and General Government 
  Appropriations Act.............................................   793
Division E--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act...   955
Division F--Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
  Agencies Appropriations Act....................................  1161

                                 BOOK 2

Division G--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
  Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.............  1391
Division H--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act................  1841
Division I--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and 
  Related Agencies Appropriations Act............................  1909
Division J--Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related 
  Programs Appropriations Act....................................  2039
Division K--Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
  Related Agencies Appropriations Act............................  2231
Division L--Supplemental Appropriations, Defense.................  2615
                              Clerk's Note

    This committee print provides a compilation of the enacted 
text and applicable explanatory material for the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (H.R. 2764; P.L. 110-161).
    The Consolidated Appropriations Act was developed through a 
legislative procedure referred to as ``amendments between the 
Houses''. The House of Representatives took up an 
appropriations bill that had been passed by both the House and 
the Senate (the State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 
H.R. 2764) and replaced the entire Senate-passed text with an 
11-division consolidated appropriations package covering all 
regular annual appropriations bills except the Defense 
Appropriations Act (which had already been enacted 
separately).\1\ The Senate then agreed to this House 
amendment,\2\ thereby completing congressional action on 
divisions A through K of the final Consolidated Appropriations 
Act.
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    \1\ On December 17, 2007, Chairman Obey moved that the House concur 
in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764 with two House amendments 
printed in House Report 110-497 (see Congressional Record, December 17, 
2007, pages H15516-25 and H15528-15726). The rule providing for 
consideration of this motion (H. Res. 878) directed that separate votes 
be taken on each of the two amendments. The first amendment, 
substituting divisions A through K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act for the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2764, was agreed to by a vote 
of 253 yeas to 154 nays with 1 voting ``present'' (Roll No. 1171). The 
second amendment, adding a division L containing supplemental 
appropriations for the Department of Defense, was agreed to by a vote 
of 206 yeas to 201 nays (Roll No. 1172).
    \2\ On December 18, the Senate concurred in House amendment No. 1 
to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764, by a vote of 76 yeas to 17 nays 
with 1 voting ``present'' (Vote No. 441) (see Congressional Record, 
December 18, 2007, pages S15830-34 and S15843-88).
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    The House also added a second amendment to H.R. 2764, 
inserting a division L making supplemental appropriations for 
the Department of Defense.\3\ The Senate adopted a substitute 
for that amendment \4\ and the House subsequently agreed to 
that substitute,\5\ resolving the remaining difference between 
the House and the Senate versions of H.R. 2764. The President 
signed the legislation on December 26, 2007 and it became 
Public Law 110-161.
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    \3\ This is the second House amendment referred to in footnote 1 
above.
    \4\ On December 18, the Senate agreed to a motion by Senator 
McConnell to concur in House amendment No. 2 with a further Senate 
amendment (see Congressional Record, December 18, 2007, pages S15844-45 
and S15860-61). The motion was agreed to by a vote of 70 yeas to 25 
nays (Vote No. 439).
    \5\ On December 19, the House agreed to the Senate amendment to 
House amendment No. 2 to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764 (see 
Congressional Record, December 19, 2007, pages H16860-64, H16887-89, 
H16901-13). The vote was 272 yeas to 142 nays (Roll No. 1186).
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    As directed by the House of Representatives,\6\ Mr. Obey, 
Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, filed an 
Explanatory Statement in the Congressional Record of December 
17, 2007 covering the legislation contained in divisions A 
through K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.\7\ The 
Explanatory Statement was provided to the House Rules Committee 
the previous evening and its full text was made available to 
Members of Congress and the public on the Rules Committee 
website by early morning on December 17.
    Section 4 of the Consolidated Act provides that this 
Explanatory Statement ``shall have the same effect with respect 
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A 
through K of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory 
statement of a committee of conference''. The text of the 
Explanatory Statement is reproduced in full in this committee 
print.
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    \6\ H. Res. 869, section 3.
    \7\ The submission of this Explanatory Statement is noted on page 
H15479 of the December 17, 2007 Congressional Record. The Statement 
itself appears in books II and III of the December 17 Record.
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    For the convenience of users, this print is organized 
according to the 12 divisions of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, with the legislative text of each division 
paired with the applicable portion of the Explanatory 
Statement.
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008

                    (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161)



        PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL DIVISIONS OF CONSOLIDATED ACT

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    [Clerk's note: Reproduced below is the text of the sections 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764, P.L. 110-
161) which precede division A and which apply to all divisions 
of that Act.]

                            Legislative Text

  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 ``Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Emergency designations.
Sec. 6. Statement of appropriations.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
      ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

      DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Rescissions

     DIVISION C--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

  DIVISION D--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                                ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
          the President
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--District of Columbia
Title V--Independent Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act
Title VII--General Provisions--Government-wide
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia

  DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Homeland Security
Title II--Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III--Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV--Research and Development, Training, and Services
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization

    DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
Title V--Wildfire Suppression Emergency Appropriations

    DIVISION G--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--National Commission on Children and Disasters

         DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II--General Provisions

   DIVISION I--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

    DIVISION J--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                    PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of State and Related Agencies
Title II--Export and Investment Assistance
Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title IV--Military Assistance
Title V--Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title VI--General Provisions

 DIVISION K--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions This Act

DIVISION L--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATION ENDURING 
                     FREEDOM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

  The explanatory statement regarding the consolidated 
appropriations amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764, printed in the House 
section of the Congressional Record on or about December 17, 
2007 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House, shall have the same effect with respect to the 
allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through K 
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference.

SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.

  Any designation in any division of this Act referring to this 
section is a designation of an amount 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. 6. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
    [Clerk's note: Reproduced below are the introductory 
paragraphs of the ``Explanatory Statement Submitted by Mr. 
Obey, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, 
Regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Amendment of the 
House of Representatives to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 
2764''.]

                         Explanatory Statement


  EXPLANATORY STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MR. OBEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS 
 AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO 
                               H.R. 2764

    Following is an explanation of the amendment of the House 
of Representatives (relating to consolidated appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008) to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764, 
the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2008, including disclosure of congressional 
earmarks and congressionally directed spending items as defined 
in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate.
    Section 4 of the House amendment specifies that this 
explanatory statement shall have the same effect with respect 
to the allocation of funds and implementation of this 
Consolidated Appropriations Act as if it were a joint 
explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
    In this statement, the provisions of the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment are generally referred to as ``the amended 
bill''. Where comparisons are made to House and Senate action, 
unless otherwise stated these comparisons are to the versions 
of the applicable 2008 Appropriations Act as passed by the 
House and as passed by the Senate (or as reported by the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, in the case of bills that have not 
been passed by the Senate).
    The House amendment strikes the text of the Senate 
amendment and inserts a Consolidated Appropriations Act 
covering 11 regular appropriations bills, each in a separate 
division, as follows:
           Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, 
        Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division C--Energy and Water Development and 
        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division D--Financial Services and General 
        Government Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division E--Department of Homeland Security 
        Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division F--Department of the Interior, 
        Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
        2008;
           Division G--Departments of Labor, Health and 
        Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division H--Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 2008;
           Division I--Military Construction and 
        Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2008;
           Division J--Department of State, Foreign 
        Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
        2008;
           Division K--Transportation, Housing and 
        Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2008.
    Section 1 of the amended bill provides that the bill as a 
whole may be referred to as the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008. Section 3 states that, unless expressly provided 
otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any 
division of the amended bill shall be treated as referring only 
to the provisions of that division. Section 5 contains an 
emergency designation (for purposes of section 204 of S. Con. 
Res 21, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2008) which applies to certain appropriations within the 
divisions of the Act that make reference to section 5.
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