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110th Congress 
2d Session                   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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            CONSOLIDATED SECURITY, DISASTER AS-
               SISTANCE, AND CONTINUING APPROPRIA-
               TIONS ACT, 2009

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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. 2638 / Public Law 110-329

              [Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]

                                     
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                              October 2008














      CONSOLIDATED SECURITY, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, AND CONTINUING 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009
                     H.R. 2638 / PUBLIC LAW 110-329                




                                                                       
110th Congress 2d 
Session                 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
_______________________________________________________________________

                  CONSOLIDATED SECURITY, DISASTER AS-
           SISTANCE, AND CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

                               __________

                      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. 2638 / Public Law 110-329

              [Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]

[GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]



                      U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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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 
ED PASTOR, Arizona                       Jersey
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            JO BONNER, Alabama
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











                            C O N T E N T S

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Provisions Applying to All Divisions of the Act..................     1
Division A--Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009...........     7
Division B--Disaster Relief and Recovery Supplemental 
  Appropriations Act, 2008.......................................    23
Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2009.......    53
Division D--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
  2009...........................................................   571
Division E--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and 
  Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009......................   703
















                              Clerk's Note

    This committee print provides a compilation of the enacted 
text and applicable explanatory material for the Consolidated 
Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (H.R. 2638; P.L. 110-329).
    This 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 (H.R. 2638, the fiscal 
year 2008 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act) 
and replaced the entire Senate-passed text with a five-division 
package making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009, 
providing supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance, 
and covering 3 regular annual appropriations bills for fiscal 
year 2009 (Department of Defense, Department of Homeland 
Security, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Acts).\1\ The Senate then 
agreed to this House amendment,\2\ thereby completing 
congressional action on the bill. The President signed the 
legislation on September 30, 2008 and it became Public Law 110-
329.
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    \1\ On September 24, Chairman Obey moved that the House concur in 
the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2638 with a House amendment printed 
in House Report 110-875 (see Congressional Record, September 24, 2008, 
pages H9248-9289). The motion was agreed to by a vote of 370 yeas to 58 
nays with 1 voting ``present'' (Roll No. 632).
    \2\ On September 27, the Senate concurred in House amendment to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 2638, by a vote of 78 yeas to 12 nays (Vote 
No. 208) (see Congressional Record, September 27, 2008, page S9965).
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    Because an amendments-between-the-Houses process was used 
instead of a conference committee, there is no conference 
report and no ``joint explanatory statement of the managers'' 
for H.R. 2638. Instead, as directed by the House of 
Representatives,\3\ Mr. Obey, Chairman of the House 
Appropriations Committee, filed an Explanatory Statement in the 
Congressional Record of September 24, 2008.\4\ Section 4 of the 
Act provides that this Explanatory Statement ``shall have the 
same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 
implementation 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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    \3\ H. Res. 1488, section 3.
    \4\ The Statement appears in Book II of the September 24 
Congressional Record.
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    For the convenience of users, this print is organized 
according to the five divisions of the 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 Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
                        Appropriations Act, 2009

                       (H.R. 2638; P.L. 110-329)



            PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL DIVISIONS OF THE ACT

=======================================================================

    [Clerk's note: Reproduced below is the text of the sections 
of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 
Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2638, P.L. 110-329) 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 Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2009
DIVISION B--DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 
          ACT, 2008
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009
DIVISION D--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009
DIVISION E--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS 
          ACT, 2009

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' or ``this joint resolution'' 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 this legislation, printed 
in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 
Record on or about September 24, 2008 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 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory 
statement of a committee of conference.
    [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 Amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638''.]

                         Explanatory Statement

  EXPLANATORY STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MR. OBEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE 
 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, REGARDING THE AMENDMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF 
          REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2638

    Following is an explanation of the amendment of the House 
of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2638, 
the Department of Homeland Security 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 
Continuing Appropriations Act as if it were a joint explanatory 
statement of a committee of conference.
    The House amendment strikes the text of the Senate 
amendment and inserts language continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2009, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for fiscal year 2008, and covering 3 regular fiscal year 2009 
appropriations bills, each in a separate division, as follows:
    Division A--Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009;
    Division B--Disaster Relief and Recovery Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008;
    Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2009;
    Division D--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2009;
    Division E--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act, 2009;
    Section 1 of the bill provides that the bill as a whole may 
be referred to as the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. Section 3 
states that, unless expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ``this Act'' or ``this joint resolution'' contained in any 
division of the bill shall be treated as referring only to the 
provisions of that division.
    In the following explanations, the legislation resulting 
from the House amendment is generally referred to simply as the 
``bill''.
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