3.0.0 6967 2022-02-03T05:17:48Z 2022-02-03T05:17:48Z House H HR 2008-09-18 110 hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T14:02:00Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-18T14:01:50Z 2008-09-18 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2008-09-18 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-18 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2008-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 N M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2008-09-18 True Congress Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Congressional oversight Legislative rules and procedure Congress 00 2008-09-18 Introduced in House 2008-11-25T19:59:31Z Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing new budget authority for earmarks if the enactment of such measure as reported, the adoption and enactment of that amendment, or the enactment of legislation in the form recommended in that conference report would cause the level of total outlays for earmarks for any fiscal year to exceed the amount of the estimated budget surplus for that fiscal year.

Makes it out of order for any fiscal year in which there is no budget surplus to consider any such measure that carries an earmark.

Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by March 1 of each calendar year, to prepare, and submit to the congressional budget committees, an estimate of the surplus or deficit for the next fiscal year.

]]> Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 Display Title Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that, for a fiscal year, the total amount of money dedicated for earmarks may not exceed the estimated budget surplus for that year. Introduced in House 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6967ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6967ih.xml 2008-09-18 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.