Legal Definitions - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007

The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 was a very important law that provided a lot of money for different things. It cost around 120 billion dollars and was an emergency law that was passed quickly.

Some of the things that the law provided money for were:

• The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Helping veterans who had served in the military
• Rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina
• Stopping the spread of nuclear weapons
• Helping farmers and ranchers
• Protecting the environment

The law also did some other important things. It raised the minimum wage, which is the lowest amount of money that employers can legally pay their workers. It also gave tax breaks to small businesses, which are companies that are owned by just a few people.

For example, the law provided money to help soldiers who had been injured in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also gave money to help veterans who had come back from those wars and needed medical care or other kinds of help. This shows that the law was trying to take care of the people who had served our country.