I heard that a clause giving the Miami police 7 million to quash protesting was actually buried in the bill giving 8.7 billion to Iraq that was recently passed. Does anyone have more details on this?
It's an absolute travesty and should certainly be brought to people's attention.
$8.5 million from the $87 billion bill for Iraq. And it was a single line item inside the bill, most, if not all, of the legislators who passed the bill probably never even saw it (which does not mean that they should not be held accountable).
Where is this single line? If I'm gonna give my legislators hell for it, I want to show them exactly where it is, because I too doubt that they ever read it "(which does not mean that they should not be held accountable)."
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for ''Emergencies in the Diplomatic
and Consular Service'', $115,500,000, to remain available until
expended, which may be transferred to, and merged with, the
appropriations for ''Diplomatic and Consular Programs'': Provided,
That of the funds made available under this heading, $65,500,000
may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for
''Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials''; of which $32,000,000
is for the reimbursement of the City of New York for costs associated
with the protection of foreign missions and officials during the
heightened state of alert following the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks on the United States; of which $8,500,000 is for costs
associated with the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial
meeting; and of which $25,000,000 is for costs associated with
the 2004 Summit of the Industrialized Nations notwithstanding
the limitations of 3 U.S.C. 202(10): Provided further, That of the
funds previously appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 is
for rewards for an indictee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone:
Provided further, That any transfer of funds provided under this
heading shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
605 of Public Law 108-7.
For necessary expenses for ''Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', $115,500,000, to remain available until expended, which may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for ''Diplomatic and Consular Programs'': Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $65,500,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations for ''Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials''; of which $32,000,000 is for the reimbursement of the City of New York for costs associated with the protection of foreign missions and officials during the heightened state of alert following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States; of which $8,500,000 is for costs associated with the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial meeting; and of which $25,000,000 is for costs associated with the 2004 Summit of the Industrialized Nations notwithstanding the limitations of 3 U.S.C. 202(10): Provided further, That of the funds previously appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 is for rewards for an indictee of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That any transfer of funds provided under this heading shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of Public Law 108-7.
http://ftaaimc.org/en/2003/11/280.shtml
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