H.R. 2206 - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007

U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007

H.R. 2206 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

This bill makes military and agricultural appropiations and raises the minimum wage. (by CRS)

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Title

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
• Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
• Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007
• Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007
• Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
• Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007
• U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
• U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
• Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
• Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007
• Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007
• Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

David Obey

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

• Budgets
• Accounting
• Accreditation (Medical care)
• Administrative procedure
• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Advice and consent of the Senate
• Afghanistan
• Africa (Sub-Saharan)
• Agricultural conservation
• Agriculture
• Air cargo
• Air force
• Alabama
• American Samoa
• Ammunition
• Animal diseases
• Animals
• Architecture and the disabled
• Armed forces
• Armed forces abroad
• Armed forces reserves
• Arms control
• Army
• Asbestos
• Aviation safety
• Bank employees
• Birds
• Blind
• Block grants
• Bonds
• Boundaries
• Brain
• Broadcasting Board of Governors
• Building construction
• Business
• California
• Capital gains tax
• Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
• Case management
• Census
• Checks
• Chemical industries
• Child health
• Child safety
• Children
• Civil engineering
• Civil liberties
• Classified defense information
• Coast guard
• Coastal zone
• Collection of accounts
• Collective bargaining
• Colombia
• Combat vehicles
• Commemorations
• Community development
• Competitive bidding
• Computer security measures
• Congress
• Congress and foreign policy
• Congress and military policy
• Congressional Medal of Honor
• Congressional agencies
• Congressional elections
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional oversight
• Congressional pensions
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Constitution
• Constitutional amendments
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Corporation taxes
• Corporations
• Cost accounting
• Criminal justice
• Cultural relations
• Customs administration
• Data banks
• Debt
• Debt relief
• Defense budgets
• Defense contracts
• Defense economics
• Defense industries
• Defense procurement
• Democracy
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Justice
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Department of the Interior
• Depreciation and amortization
• Development credit institutions
• Disabled
• Disaster loans
• Disaster relief
• District of Columbia
• Drainage
• Dredging
• Droughts
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse treatment
• Drug law enforcement
• Drug traffic
• Drugs
• Due process of law
• Earnings
• Eastern Europe
• Economic assistance
• Economic impact statements
• Economic policy
• Ecosystem management
• Education
• Educational exchanges
• Elections
• Electric power production
• Electronic government information
• Elementary and secondary education
• Elementary education
• Emergency communication systems
• Emergency management
• Employment
• Energy
• Energy assistance for the poor
• Enterprise zones
• Environmental protection
• Estonia
• Europe
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Expedited congressional procedure
• Explosives
• Families
• Family enterprises
• Famines
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Federal aid to child health services
• Federal aid to education
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Federal aid to research
• Federal aid to transportation
• Federal aid to water resources development
• Federal employees
• Federal law enforcement officers
• Fees
• Finance
• Fisheries
• Flood control
• Floods
• Florida
• Food relief
• Foreign aid
• Foreign investments
• Foreign policy
• Foster home care
• Freight
• Fringe benefits
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Government contractors
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government procurement
• Government publicity
• Governmental investigations
• Hazardous substances
• Head injuries
• Health care fraud
• Health counseling
• Health information systems
• Health insurance
• Health policy
• Health surveys
• Higher education
• Highway finance
• Highway maintenance
• Historic sites
• History
• House of Representatives
• House rules and procedure
• Housing
• Housing subsidies
• Human rights
• Humanities
• Hurricanes
• Identification of criminals
• Immigration
• Impact aid
• Income tax
• Indian medical care
• Indians
• Influenza
• Information technology
• Infrastructure
• Infrastructure (Economics)
• Inspectors general
• Insurgency
• Intelligence activities
• Intelligence services
• Interest
• Intermodal transportation
• International affairs
• International agencies
• International broadcasting
• International finance
• International relief
• Iraq
• Iraq compilation
• Irrigation
• Job training
• Joint ventures
• Jordan
• Korean War, 1950-1953
• Labor
• Labor contracts
• Labor statistics
• Laboratories
• Land transfers
• Latin America
• Latvia
• Law
• Legislative resolutions
• Liability for environmental damages
• Liberia
• Lithuania
• Local laws
• Logistics
• Louisiana
• Low-income housing
• Lumber trade
• Marine resources
• Marines
• Married people
• Maryland
• Mass rapid transit
• Medicaid
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical records
• Medical research
• Medical supplies
• Medically uninsured
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Metropolitan areas
• Mexico
• Middle East and North Africa
• Military aircraft
• Military and naval supplies
• Military assistance
• Military base closures
• Military bases
• Military civic action
• Military construction operations
• Military hospitals
• Military housing
• Military medicine
• Military occupation
• Military operations
• Military pensions
• Military personnel
• Military posture
• Military readiness
• Military research
• Military sealift
• Military training
• Military vehicles
• Militia movements
• Mine safety
• Mines (Ordnance)
• Mines and mineral resources
• Minesweeping
• Minimum tax
• Minimum wages
• Minorities
• Mississippi
• Mississippi River
• Motor vehicle safety
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Council on Disability
• National Guard
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National forests
• National parks
• National service
• Natural resources
• Navigation
• Navy
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Nuclear nonproliferation
• Nuclear terrorism
• Off-budget expenditures
• Official secrets
• Ordnance
• Pakistan
• Patrol aircraft
• Patrol ships
• Peacekeeping forces
• Pension funds
• Pensions
• Performance measurement
• Petroleum
• Petroleum industry
• Pharmacies
• Planning-programming-budgeting
• Police
• Police training
• Political parties
• Politics and government
• Poor children
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Poverty
• Preschool education
• Prescription pricing
• President and foreign policy
• Presidential appointments
• Presidential elections
• Presidents
• Prisons
• Profit
• Prosthesis
• Public contracts
• Public housing
• Public lands
• Radio
• Radioactivity
• Railroad freight operations
• Railroad passenger traffic
• Railroad safety
• Rating of teachers
• Recruiting of employees
• Refugees
• Regional planning
• Rehabilitation of the disabled
• Religion
• Religious liberty
• Relocation
• Rental housing
• Reprogramming of appropriated funds
• Rescission of appropriated funds
• Research and development
• Research centers
• Residential rehabilitation
• Restoration ecology
• Revenue sharing
• Rule of law
• Rural affairs
• Scholarships
• School administration
• School buses
• School districts
• School personnel
• School security
• Science policy
• Secondary education
• Secondary mortgage market
• Security measures
• Self-employed
• Senate rules and procedure
• Shellfish
• Small Business Administration
• Small business
• Social security
• Social security taxes
• South Asia
• Space activities
• Space exploration
• Standard of living
• Standards
• State and local government
• State laws
• State-sponsored terrorism
• Stocks
• Storms
• Student loan funds
• Student transportation
• Subcontractors
• Subpoena
• Subsidiary corporations
• Subways
• Sudan
• Supplemental appropriations
• Survivors' benefits
• Tanks (Combat vehicles)
• Tax administration
• Tax credits
• Tax deductions
• Tax evasion
• Tax incentives
• Tax penalties
• Tax preparers
• Tax refunds
• Taxation
• Teacher education
• Teacher salaries
• Teacher supply and demand
• Technological innovations
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Terrorism
• Texas
• Tipping
• Torture
• Trade
• Transportation
• Trauma care
• Trucking
• Trucks
• Tunnels
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• Unemployment
• Urban affairs
• Urban areas
• Urban transportation
• User charges
• Vaccines
• Veterans
• Veterans' employment
• Veterans' hospitals
• Veterans' medical care
• Veterinary medicine
• Virginia
• Voting machines
• War casualties
• War relief
• Weapons systems
• Welfare
• West (U.S.)
• Widowers
• Widows
• Withholding tax
• Women
• World health
• Youth violence

Related Bills

• H.Res. 387 (110^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2237) to Provide for the Redeployment of United States Armed Forces and Defense Contractors from Iraq, Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2206) Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes, and Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2207) Making Supplemental Appropriations for Agricultural and Other Emergency Assistance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes.
• H.Res. 387 (110^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2237) to Provide for the Redeployment of United States Armed Forces and Defense Contractors from Iraq, Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2206) Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes, and Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2207) Making Supplemental Appropriations for Agricultural and Other Emergency Assistance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes.
• H.Res. 438 (110^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2206) Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Agricultural and Other Emergency Assistance for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 2 (110^th) : Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
• H.R. 1591 (110^th) : U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
• H.R. 1639 (110^th) : To Provide That No Entity Performing Lead System Integrator Functions in the Acquisition of a Major System by the Department of Homeland Security May Have Any Direct Financial Interest in the Development or Construction of Any Individual System or Element of Any System of Systems, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 2207 (110^th) : Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007

Major Actions

Introduced	5/08/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (11 proposed)
Passed House	5/10/2007
Passed Senate	5/17/2007
Signed by President	5/25/2007

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A002) Agreed to without objection.	5/10/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007	5/10/2007	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 195 voted YES 229 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007	5/10/2007	This bill PASSED the House 221 voted YES 205 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.	5/17/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 1123 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	5/17/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Motion to Invoke cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1123	5/17/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 94 voted YES 1 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Concur in Senate Amendment with House Amendment No. 1: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007	5/24/2007	This motion PASSED the House 348 voted YES 73 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Concur in Senate Amendment with House Amendment No. 2: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007	5/24/2007	This motion PASSED the House 280 voted YES 142 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Senate	Motion to Concur in House Amdt. to Senate Amdt to H.R.2206	5/25/2007	This motion PASSED the Senate 80 voted YES 14 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	5/08/2007
		5/08/2007	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
		5/08/2007	Referred to House Appropriations
		5/08/2007	Referred to House Budget
		5/10/2007	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 387 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2237, H.R. 2206 and H.R. 2207.
		5/10/2007	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 387. (consideration: CR 5/11/2007 H4808-4867)
		5/10/2007	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2237, H.R. 2206 and H.R. 2207.
		5/10/2007	Amendment reported by the House Committee on Rules.
		5/10/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2206.
select this vote	Vote	5/10/2007	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A002) Agreed to without objection.
		5/10/2007	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR 5/11/2007 H4866)
		5/10/2007	Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR 5/11/2007 H4865-4866; text: CR H4865)
		5/10/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lewis of California motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to strike section 1331 in chapter 3 of title I. Section 1331 prohibits the availability of funds unless the President submits a report to Congress on or before July 13, 2007, and a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
select this vote	Vote	5/10/2007	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	5/10/2007	On Passage - House - H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007
	Put on a legislative calendar	5/14/2007	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146.
		5/15/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		5/15/2007	Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 1126) made in Senate.
		5/15/2007	Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
		5/15/2007	Cloture motion on Amendment SA 1123 presented in Senate.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1124 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 1123.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1125 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 1124.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1126 proposed by Senator Reid.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1127 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 1126.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1128 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 1127.
		5/15/2007	Amendment SA 1123 proposed by Senator Reid.
		5/16/2007	Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.
		5/17/2007	Senate appointed conferees. Byrd; Inouye; Reid; Cochran; McConnell.
		5/17/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	5/17/2007	Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
select this vote	Vote	5/17/2007	Amendment SA 1123 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Proposed amendment SA 1124 withdrawn in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Proposed amendment SA 1125 withdrawn in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Proposed amendment SA 1126 withdrawn in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Proposed amendment SA 1127 withdrawn in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
		5/17/2007	Proposed amendment SA 1128 withdrawn in Senate.
		5/17/2007	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	5/17/2007	Motion to Invoke cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1123
		5/24/2007	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
	Presented to President	5/24/2007	Cleared for White House.
		5/24/2007	Mr. Obey moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR 5/25/2007 H5776-5910)
		5/24/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Obey motion to agree to the Senate amendment with amendment. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 438, at the conclusion of debate, the House amendment will be divided into two separate questions and voted on accordingly as House amendment No. 1 and House amendment No. 2, to the Senate amendment.
		5/24/2007	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
select this vote	Vote	5/24/2007	Concur in Senate Amendment with House Amendment No. 1: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007
select this vote	Vote	5/24/2007	Concur in Senate Amendment with House Amendment No. 2: H.R. 2206 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007
currently selected	Vote	5/25/2007	Motion to Concur in House Amdt. to Senate Amdt to H.R.2206
		5/25/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Presented to President	5/25/2007	Presented to President.
	Signed	5/25/2007	Signed by President.
	Enacted	5/25/2007	Became Public Law No: 110-28.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	S. Amdt. 1123	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1124	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Withdrawn on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1125	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Withdrawn on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1126	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Withdrawn on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1127	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Withdrawn on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1128	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	May 15, 2007	Withdrawn on May 16, 2007.
	Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1138	Vitter, David [R-LA]	May 16, 2007	Offered on May 15, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1139	Wyden, Ron [D-OR]	May 16, 2007	Offered on May 15, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1141	Nelson, Ben [D-NE]	May 16, 2007	Offered on May 15, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1142	Bond, Christopher [R-MO]	May 16, 2007	Offered on May 15, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1143	Stevens, Ted [R-AK]	May 16, 2007	Offered on May 15, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details