Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
1ST SESSION
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
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- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[edit]- This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008´´.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
[edit]- The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- 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 D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
[edit]- 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.
[edit]- 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.
[edit]- 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.
[edit]- 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.
Approved December 26, 2007
Legislative History
[edit]- HOUSE REPORTS:
- No. 110-197 (Comm. on Appropriations).
- SENATE REPORTS:
- No. 110-128 (Comm. on Appropriations).
- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007):
- June 20, 21, considered and passed House.
- Sept. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended.
- Dec. 17, House concurred in Senate amendment with amendments.
- Dec. 18, Senate concurred in certain House amendments, in another with an amendment.
- Dec. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment pursuant to H. Res. 893.
- WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 43 (2007):
- Dec. 26, Presidential statement.
- HOUSE REPORTS:
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