Sept. 29, 2007 [H.J. Res. 43] Public Law 110-91 110th Congress Joint Resolution Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof $9,815,000,000,000. Approved September 29, 2007. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.J. Res. 43: SENATE REPORTS: No. 110-184 (Comm. on Finance). May 17, considered and passed House pursuant to S. Con. Res. 21. Public Law 110-92 110th Congress Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, namely: SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2007 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2007, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: (1) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (division A of Public Law 109-289). (2) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295). (3) The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109-289, as amended by Public Law 110-5). SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2007 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2007 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2007. (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. Sept. 29, 2007 [H.J. Res. 52] Notification. Expiration date. (c) Notwithstanding this section, the Secretary of Defense may, following notification of the congressional defense committees, initiate projects or activities required to be undertaken for force protection purposes using funds available from the Iraq Freedom Fund. SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2007. SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this joint resolution. SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 16, 2007. SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2008 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2007, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2007 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). SEC. 114. Notwithstanding section 20106 of the Continuing Contracts. Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109289, as amended by Public Law 110-5), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into or renew contracts under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) for 1 year. SEC. 115. The authority provided by section 3a of the Act of March 3, 1927 (commonly known as the "Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act") (7 U.S.C. 473a) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. SEC. 116. The authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the adjusted gross income limitation contained in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) shall continue through the end of the period specified in subsection (e) of such section or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, whichever occurs later. SEC. 117. The provisions of title VIII of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447, division B) that apply during fiscal year 2007 shall continue to apply through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163) shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. SEC. 119. The authority provided by section 1477(d) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 3306 of Public Law 110-28, shall continue in effect through the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. SEC. 120. The authority provided by section 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375) shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. Expiration date. Deadline. SEC. 121. The authority provided by section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136), as amended by section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 1051a of title 10, United States Code, shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. SEC. 123. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this joint resolution, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available by this joint resolution, resolution, there is appropriated $5,200,000,000 for a "Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund", to remain available until September 30, 2008. (b) The funds provided by subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense to continue technological research and development and upgrades, to procure Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and associated support equipment, and to sustain, transport, and field Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. (c)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall transfer funds provided by subsection (a) to appropriations for operation and maintenance; procurement; and research, development, test and evaluation to accomplish the purposes specified in subsection (b). Such transferred funds shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which they are transferred. (2) The transfer authority provided by this subsection shall be in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense. (3) The Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 5 days prior to making any transfer under this subsection, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of the transfer. (d) The amount provided by this section is designated 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. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for "October 1, 2007". SEC. 125. Section 382N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-13) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for "October 1, 2007". SEC. 126. Of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under this joint resolution, $484,000 may be transferred to another agency for carrying out the provisions of division C of Public Law 108-324. Funds so transferred shall be refunded to the Department after passage of the regular appropriations Act for that agency. SEC. 127. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided under section 101, an additional amount is available under "General Services Administration-Operating Expenses Account", at a rate |