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On the recordMarch 11, 2013
I submit to my colleagues the following explanatory statement with regard to H.R. 933: The divisions contained in the Act are as follows: DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION D--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION E--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION F--FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS Section 3 of the Act states that, unless expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. Section 4 of the Act specifies that this explanatory statement shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this legislation as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. Section 5 of the Act states that each amount designated by Congress as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terror is contingent on the President so designating all such amounts and transmitting such designations to Congress.…
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 11, 2013

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