3.0.0 5997 2023-01-11T13:21:49Z 2023-01-11T13:21:49Z House H HR 2010-07-30 111 hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:07:46Z hsso00 Ethics Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:07:45Z 2010-07-30 Referred to House Rules IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2010-07-30 Referred to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 2010-07-30 Referred to House Standards of Official Conduct IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsso00 Ethics Committee 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000463 Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3] Michael Turner R OH R. 3 N R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2010-07-30 True Congress Appropriations Congressional committees Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives House Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure Members of Congress Public participation and lobbying Congress 00 2010-07-30 Introduced in House 2010-10-27T20:36:04Z Anti-Pork Act of 2010 - Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) requesting a congressional earmark in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) to provide a written statement to the chair and ranking minority member of the committee of jurisdiction certifying that specified requirements have been met.

Requires a governmental entity or nonprofit, earmark recipient within the district of, and designated by, the Member to have held a public hearing on the congressional earmark at least 30 days before its submission to the committee. Requires notice of the public hearing to have been printed in the appropriate local newspaper at least 15 days before the hearing.

Requires further that, if such earmark request is for public improvement purposes, the local government entity with jurisdiction over the requested improvement has passed a resolution in support of the earmark request or written a binding official communication in its support.

Limits the amount of appropriated funds for the project to 50% of its total cost. Prohibits an earmark from funding any administrative costs.

Requires the requesting Member to have posted the earmark request on his or her public website, including the name and address of the intended recipient or, if there is no specifically intended recipient, the intended location of the activity, the earmark's purpose, and the 30-day public hearing notice.

Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) to require any subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations to hold a hearing on all requested earmarks to be included in a measure or any accompanying report before it approves such legislation. Requires a 14-day advance public notice of the hearing on the committee website.

Requires the Member requesting an earmark to testify in its support at the applicable subcommittee hearing.

]]> Anti-Pork Act of 2010 Display Title Anti-Pork Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that public hearings be held on all earmark requests in the district of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making the request, and to further increase earmark transparency and accountability. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Anti-Pork Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5997ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5997ih.xml 2010-07-30 Referred to House Rules 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.