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S. 1645 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Defense policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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An original bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
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The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

S. 1645 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
An original bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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An original bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
  • Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Sponsor
John Reed
Co-Sponsors
    Subjects
    • Defense policy
    • Aged
    • Air force
    • Alaska
    • American Battle Monuments Commission
    • Appellate courts
    • Appropriations
    • Armed Forces Retirement Home
    • Armed forces
    • Armed forces abroad
    • Armed forces reserves
    • Arms control
    • Army
    • Budgets
    • California
    • Chemical warfare
    • Claims
    • Commemorations
    • Congress
    • Congress and military policy
    • Congressional oversight
    • Congressional reporting requirements
    • Construction costs
    • Defense budgets
    • Defense burdensharing
    • Defense economics
    • Department of Defense
    • Department of Veterans Affairs
    • Disability evaluation
    • Disabled
    • District of Columbia
    • Executive departments
    • Families
    • Federally-guaranteed loans
    • Finance
    • Foreign exchange
    • Government lending
    • Government life insurance
    • Government trust funds
    • Homeless
    • Housing
    • Indian housing
    • Indian medical care
    • Information technology
    • Inspectors general
    • International finance
    • Iraq compilation
    • Job training
    • Labor
    • Land transfers
    • Law
    • Long-term care
    • Marines
    • Medical care
    • Medical research
    • Medicine
    • Military base closures
    • Military bases
    • Military cemeteries and funerals
    • Military construction operations
    • Military dependents
    • Military housing
    • Minorities
    • Mississippi
    • Monuments and memorials
    • NATO military forces
    • National Guard
    • Navy
    • Nursing homes
    • Pensions
    • Politics and government
    • Prosthesis
    • Reprogramming of appropriated funds
    • Rescission of appropriated funds
    • Science policy
    • Soldiers' homes
    • Survivors' benefits
    • Technology
    • Veterans
    • Veterans' benefits
    • Veterans' disability compensation
    • Veterans' employment
    • Veterans' hospitals
    • Veterans' loans
    • Veterans' medical care
    • Veterans' pensions
    • Veterans' rehabilitation
    • Virginia
    • Vocational rehabilitation
    • Weapons systems
    • Welfare
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    Major Actions
    Introduced6/18/2007
    Referred to Committee
    Bill History

    There have been no votes on this bill.

    ActionDateDescription
    Introduced6/18/2007
    6/18/2007Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Reed. With written report No. 110-85.
    Put on a legislative calendar6/18/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.
    NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

    Total contributions given to Senators from Military, which…

    supported this bill

    Military$230,240
    $230,240

    2 Organizations Supported and 0 Opposed; See Which Ones
    2 Organizations Supported and 0 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

    2 organizations supported this bill

    American Legion
    (n.d.). American Legion outlines National Legislative Priority Sheet. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Disabled American Veterans
    (n.d.). VA Budget Earns High Praise. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from Military interest groups, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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    Contributions by Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$3,750$0
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$1,000$0
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
    Max BaucusDMT$0$0
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
    Bob BennettRUT$0$0
    Joe BidenDDE$1,750$0
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$2,400$0
    Barbara BoxerDCA$1,550$0
    Sherrod BrownDOH$4,750$0
    Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
    Jim BunningRKY$2,200$0
    Richard BurrRNC$12,166$0
    Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
    Maria CantwellDWA$2,750$0
    Ben CardinDMD$2,000$0
    Tom CarperDDE$900$0
    Bob CaseyDPA$4,350$0
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$4,450$0
    Hillary ClintonDNY$20,070$0
    Tom CoburnROK$1,866$0
    William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
    Norm ColemanRMN$7,700$0
    Susan CollinsRME$3,000$0
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
    Bob CorkerRTN$2,150$0
    John CornynRTX$1,210$0
    Larry CraigRID$0$0
    Mike CrapoRID$0$0
    Jim DeMintRSC$850$0
    Chris DoddDCT$0$0
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$2,050$0
    Pete DomeniciRNM$1,500$0
    Byron DorganDND$0$0
    Dick DurbinDIL$500$0
    John EnsignRNV$0$0
    Mike EnziRWY$0$0
    Russ FeingoldDWI$3,750$0
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$4,250$0
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$2,000$0
    Judd GreggRNH$0$0
    Chuck HagelRNE$250$0
    Tom HarkinDIA$550$0
    Orrin HatchRUT$500$0
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$1,050$0
    Jim InhofeROK$500$0
    Dan InouyeDHI$4,250$0
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$3,500$0
    Tim JohnsonDSD$2,000$0
    Ted KennedyDMA$1,400$0
    John KerryDMA$1,410$0
    Amy KlobucharDMN$750$0
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$8,500$0
    Mary LandrieuDLA$7,600$0
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
    Patrick LeahyDVT$1,200$0
    Carl LevinDMI$250$0
    Joe LiebermanICT$1,400$0
    Blanche LincolnDAR$500$0
    Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
    Dick LugarRIN$1,000$0
    Mel MartinezRFL$5,700$0
    John McCainRAZ$3,700$0
    Claire McCaskillDMO$750$0
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$6,950$0
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$4,200$0
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$1,000$0
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$2,600$0
    Patty MurrayDWA$550$0
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,300$0
    Barack ObamaDIL$700$0
    Mark PryorDAR$0$0
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$1,250$0
    Harry ReidDNV$4,000$0
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$250$0
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$500$0
    Ken SalazarDCO$1,500$0
    Bernie SandersIVT$200$0
    Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
    Jeff SessionsRAL$700$0
    Richard ShelbyRAL$3,000$0
    Gordon SmithROR$1,500$0
    Olympia SnoweRME$2,250$0
    Arlen SpecterDPA$2,950$0
    Debbie StabenowDMI$950$0
    Ted StevensRAK$6,450$0
    John SununuRNH$250$0
    Jon TesterDMT$450$0
    John ThuneRSD$12,666$0
    David VitterRLA$8,466$0
    George VoinovichROH$2,000$0
    John WarnerRVA$250$0
    Jim WebbDVA$20,686$0
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$0
    Ron WydenDOR$0$0

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    		NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    		Daniel K. AkakaDHI$3,750$0
    		Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$1,000$0
    		Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$0
    		Max BaucusDMT$0$0
    		Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$0
    		Bob BennettRUT$0$0
    		Joe BidenDDE$1,750$0
    		Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
    		Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$2,400$0
    		Barbara BoxerDCA$1,550$0
    		Sherrod BrownDOH$4,750$0
    		Sam BrownbackRKS$0$0
    		Jim BunningRKY$2,200$0
    		Richard BurrRNC$12,166$0
    		Robert ByrdDWV$0$0
    		Maria CantwellDWA$2,750$0
    		Ben CardinDMD$2,000$0
    		Tom CarperDDE$900$0
    		Bob CaseyDPA$4,350$0
    		Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$4,450$0
    		Hillary ClintonDNY$20,070$0
    		Tom CoburnROK$1,866$0
    		William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
    		Norm ColemanRMN$7,700$0
    		Susan CollinsRME$3,000$0
    		Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
    		Bob CorkerRTN$2,150$0
    		John CornynRTX$1,210$0
    		Larry CraigRID$0$0
    		Mike CrapoRID$0$0
    		Jim DeMintRSC$850$0
    		Chris DoddDCT$0$0
    		Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$2,050$0
    		Pete DomeniciRNM$1,500$0
    		Byron DorganDND$0$0
    		Dick DurbinDIL$500$0
    		John EnsignRNV$0$0
    		Mike EnziRWY$0$0
    		Russ FeingoldDWI$3,750$0
    		Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
    		Lindsey GrahamRSC$4,250$0
    		Chuck GrassleyRIA$2,000$0
    		Judd GreggRNH$0$0
    		Chuck HagelRNE$250$0
    		Tom HarkinDIA$550$0
    		Orrin HatchRUT$500$0
    		Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$1,050$0
    		Jim InhofeROK$500$0
    		Dan InouyeDHI$4,250$0
    		Johnny IsaksonRGA$3,500$0
    		Tim JohnsonDSD$2,000$0
    		Ted KennedyDMA$1,400$0
    		John KerryDMA$1,410$0
    		Amy KlobucharDMN$750$0
    		Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    		Jon KylRAZ$8,500$0
    		Mary LandrieuDLA$7,600$0
    		Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
    		Patrick LeahyDVT$1,200$0
    		Carl LevinDMI$250$0
    		Joe LiebermanICT$1,400$0
    		Blanche LincolnDAR$500$0
    		Chester Trent LottRMS$0$0
    		Dick LugarRIN$1,000$0
    		Mel MartinezRFL$5,700$0
    		John McCainRAZ$3,700$0
    		Claire McCaskillDMO$750$0
    		Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$6,950$0
    		Bob MenéndezDNJ$4,200$0
    		Barbara MikulskiDMD$1,000$0
    		Lisa MurkowskiRAK$2,600$0
    		Patty MurrayDWA$550$0
    		Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
    		Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,300$0
    		Barack ObamaDIL$700$0
    		Mark PryorDAR$0$0
    		John "Jack" ReedDRI$1,250$0
    		Harry ReidDNV$4,000$0
    		Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$250$0
    		John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$500$0
    		Ken SalazarDCO$1,500$0
    		Bernie SandersIVT$200$0
    		Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
    		Jeff SessionsRAL$700$0
    		Richard ShelbyRAL$3,000$0
    		Gordon SmithROR$1,500$0
    		Olympia SnoweRME$2,250$0
    		Arlen SpecterDPA$2,950$0
    		Debbie StabenowDMI$950$0
    		Ted StevensRAK$6,450$0
    		John SununuRNH$250$0
    		Jon TesterDMT$450$0
    		John ThuneRSD$12,666$0
    		David VitterRLA$8,466$0
    		George VoinovichROH$2,000$0
    		John WarnerRVA$250$0
    		Jim WebbDVA$20,686$0
    		Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$0
    		Ron WydenDOR$0$0

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