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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 2 OF 2--DIVISIONS G-L

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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



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                            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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