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aceventura3 · 05-11-2007, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dc_dux

ace...I'm curious what specifc bs in the bill didnt you like?

Here is a start:

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TITLE I

GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

CHAPTER 1

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

For an additional amount for `Public Law 480 Title II Grants', during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, $460,000,000, to remain available until expended.

GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER

SEC. 1101. There is hereby appropriated $40,000,000 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): Provided, That any such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used to replenish the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.

CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Legal Activities

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities', $1,648,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys', $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

United States Marshals Service

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $6,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

National Security Division

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $1,736,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $268,000,000, of which $258,000,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2008 and $10,000,000 is to remain available until expended to implement corrective actions in response to the findings and recommendations in the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General report entitled, `A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters', of which $500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with `Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General'.

Drug Enforcement Administration

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $12,166,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

Federal Prison System

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for `Salari

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for `Wildland Fire Management', $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other appropriations accounts from which funds were transferred for wildfire suppression.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For an additional amount for `Resource Management' for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality events, targeted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveillance in hunter-taken birds, $7,398,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

National Park Service

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For an additional amount for `Operation of the National Park System' for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality events, $525,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

United States Geological Survey

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For an additional amount for `Surveys, Investigations, and Research' for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality events, targeted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveillance in hunter-taken birds, $5,270,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

For an additional amount for `National Forest System' for the implementation of a nationwide initiative to increase protection of national forest lands from drug-trafficking organizations, including funding for additional law enforcement personnel, training, equipment and cooperative agreements, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for `Wildland Fire Management', $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only become available if funds provided previously for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred for wildfire suppression.

GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER

SEC. 3301. (a) For fiscal year 2007, payments shall be made from any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous receipts described in sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), not to exceed $100,000,000, and the payments shall be made, to the maximum extent practicable, in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the same manner as were made to States and counties in 2006 under that Act.

(b) There is appropriated $425,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2007, to be used to cover any shortfall for payments made under this section from funds not otherwise appropriated.

(c) Titles II and III of Public Law 106-393 are amended, effective September 30, 2006, by striking `2006' and `2007' each place they appear and inserting `2007' and `2008', respectively.

CHAPTER 4

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH AND TRAINING

For an additional amount for `Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research and Training', to carry out section 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and section 6 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, $13,000,000 for research to develop mine safety technology, including necessary repairs and improvements to leased laboratories: Provided, That progress reports on technology development shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis: Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

For an additional amount for `Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research and Training', to carry out activities under section 5011(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006 (Public Law 109-148), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Administration for Children and Families

LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for `Low-Income Home Energy Assistance' under section 2604(a) through (d) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a) through (d)), $200,000,000.

For an additional amount for `Low-Income Home Energy Assistance' under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)), $200,000,000.

Office of the Secretary

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS

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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

Capitol Power Plant

For an additional amount for `Capitol Power Plant', $50,000,000, for utility tunnel repairs and asbestos abatement, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds appropriated under this heading without approval of an obligation plan by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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Not saying these things are not needed, just in the wrong bill.