H.R. 5122 (2006)

H.R. 5122, also known as the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 was a bill passed in the United States Congress on September 30, 2006 and signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. H.R. 5122 includes:

* $500 billion allocated to the military and defense related activities for fiscal year 2007

* Expansion of the President's power to declare martial law under revisions to the Insurrection Act, and take charge of United States National Guard troops without state governor authorization when public order has been lost and the state and its constituted authorities cannot enforce the law (repealed as of 2008);

* The elimination of the position of the [http://www.sigir.mil/ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction] as of October 1, 2007, currently held by Republican lawyer Stuart Bowen, which is in charge of auditing expenditures in Iraq, transitioning Inspector General responsibilities to the Inspector General offices in the departments of State and Defense, now that the Coalition Provisional Authority is dissolved and Iraq is now a sovereign nation.

External links

* [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-5122 Text] of H.R. 5122
*Morales, Frank. [http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20061029&articleId=3618 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law] . "Global Research". October 26, 2006. (Note: the portion of the law to which this editorial refers has been repealed as of 2008.)