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National
Key Vote
Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that appropriates $600.13 billion for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 2008, with certain appropriations extending through the fiscal year 2009.
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTED BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED.
Official Title of Legislation:
HR 3043: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
Highlights:
-Provides that Iraqi and Afghan immigrants who are granted special immigrant status are eligible for up to six months of resettlement assistance and entitlement programs available to refugees (Sec. 529).
-Prohibits funds in the bill from being used to implement a totalization agreement between the social security programs of the United States and Mexico (Sec. 530).
-Prohibits Social Security payments from being dispersed for claims of credit for work done under a social security number that was not the worker's (Sec. 531).
-$13.80 billion for the Department of Labor, including $3.59 billion for training and employment services, $3.25 billion for state unemployment insurance and employment service operations, and $1.66 billion for the office of the Job Corps
-$479.12 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services, including $29.91 billion for the National Institutes of Health, $401.38 billion for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and $6.58 billion for the Administration for Children and Families
-$62.98 billion for the Department of Education, including $16.37 billion for student financial assistance, $15.87 billion for education for the disadvantaged, and $12.33 billion for special education
-$44.23 billion for related agencies, including $42.23 billion for the Social Security Administration, $880.91 million for the Corporation for National and Community Service, and $420.00 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:hr3043:
House Passage: 07/19/2007 : Bill Passed: 276 - 140 (Roll no. 686) Senate Passage With Amendment: 10/23/2007 : Bill Passed 75 - 19 (Record Vote Number 391)
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTED BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. House Conference Report Vote: 11/06/2007 : Conference Report Adopted 269 - 142 (Roll no. 1050) Senate Passage With Amendment: 11/07/2007 : Bill Passed: 56 - 37 (Record Vote Number 405)
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTED BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. House Concurrence Vote: 11/08/2007 : Concurrence Vote Passed: 274 - 141 (Roll no. 1075) President Passage: 11/13/2007 : Vetoed House Override of Veto: 11/15/2007 : Veto Override Failed: 277 - 141 (Roll no. 1122)
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David Ross (D-WI)
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