3.0.0 2265 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z Senate S S 2006-02-09 109 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-09T20:23:44Z Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 109 2261 S 2006-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2006-02-09 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2006-02-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S980-981) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2006-02-09 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2006-02-09 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2006-02-09 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2006-02-09 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2006-02-09 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2006-02-09 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2006-02-09 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2006-02-09 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2006-02-09 True Congress Appropriations Congressional conference committees Congressional voting Economics and Public Finance Federal aid programs Financial disclosure Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Legislation Legislative amendments Lobbying Senate rules and procedure Congress 00 2006-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-22T18:39:10Z Pork-Barrel Reduction Act - Amends rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to consideration of appropriations bills to provide that, upon a point of order, no: (1) new or general legislation nor any unauthorized appropriation may be included in any general appropriation bill; (2) amendment may be received to any general appropriation bill that would add an unauthorized appropriation; (3) new or general legislation nor any unauthorized appropriation, new matter, or nongermane matter may be included in any conference report on a general appropriation bill; or (4) unauthorized appropriation may be included in any amendment between the chambers in relation to a general appropriation bill.

Sets forth procedures for consideration of such points of order.

Amends rule XXVIII (Conference Committees, Reports, Open Meetings) to make it out of order to consider a conference report which includes matter not committed to the conferees by either chamber.

Makes the presentation of conference reports in order only after such reports are filed and made available 48 hours before such presentation.

Prohibits a federal agency from obligating any funds made available in an appropriation Act to implement an earmark included in an accompanying report, unless the earmark is also included in the Act.

Amends rule XVI to prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill or amendment between the chambers which includes unauthorized appropriations, unless such bill is accompanied by a report providing a detailed listing of: (1) all unauthorized appropriations in such bill; (2) an identification of the Member or Members who proposed the unauthorized appropriation; and (3) an explanation of the essential governmental purpose for it.

Imposes the same prohibition with respect to a conference report which includes unauthorized appropriations if it is not accompanied by a joint statement that provides the same detailed listing.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds to file a mandatory disclosure report containing: (1) the name of any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such funding; and (2) the amount of such payment.





]]> Pork-Barrel Reduction Act Display Title Pork-Barrel Reduction Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pork-Barrel Reduction Act Popular Titles Reform Earmarks Process bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2006-02-09T05:00:00Z 2006-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.