H. R.
2642
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2008, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS,
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND OTHER SECURITY-RE-
LATED MATTERS
CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Law 480 Title II Grants’’,
$850,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Law 480 Title II Grants’’,
$395,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2008, and to remain
available until expended.
CHAPTER 2—JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’,
$4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009.
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, 2009.
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DEFINITION
SEC. 6103. In this chapter, the term ‘‘covered contract’’ means
any contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 and more than
120 days in duration.
CHAPTER 2—GOVERNMENT FUNDING TRANSPARENCY
SHORT TITLE
SEC. 6201. This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Government
Funding Transparency Act of 2008’’.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF
FEDERAL AWARDS
SEC. 6202. (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2(b)(1) of
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Public
Law 109–282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph
(G); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(F) the names and total compensation of the five most
highly compensated officers of the entity if—
‘‘(i) the entity in the preceding fiscal year
received—
‘‘(I) 80 percent or more of its annual gross
revenues in Federal awards; and
‘‘(II) $25,000,000 or more in annual gross reve-
nues from Federal awards; and
‘‘(ii) the public does not have access to information
about the compensation of the senior executives of
the entity through periodic reports filed under section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or section 6104 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall promulgate regulations to implement
the amendment made by this chapter. Such regulations shall
include a definition of ‘‘total compensation’’ that is consistent with
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission at section
402 of part 229 of title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(or any subsequent regulation).
TITLE VII—MEDICAID PROVISIONS
SEC. 7001. (a) MORATORIA ON CERTAIN MEDICAID REGULA-
TIONS.—
(1) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORATORIA IN PUBLIC LAW 110–
28.—Section 7002(a)(1) of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’
Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations
Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘prior to the date that is 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘prior
to April 1, 2009’’;
