3.0.0 162 2019-04-11T15:40:39Z 2019-04-11T15:40:39Z Senate S S 2009-01-06 111 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-07T00:01:46Z Fiscal Freeze Act of 2010 111 3026 S 2010-02-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Related bill CRS 2009-01-06 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S145-146) IntroReferral 2009-01-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S144-145) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2009-01-06 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-01-06 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2009-01-06 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2009-01-06 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-01-15 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-02-03 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-09-17 False Congress Appropriations Budget process Congressional oversight Legislative rules and procedure Public participation and lobbying Senate Congress 00 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-16T15:49:21Z Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act - Amends Rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for consideration of points of order on appropriations bills.

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate: (1) new or general legislation or any unauthorized appropriation included in an appropriation bill; (2) any amendment to an appropriation bill with the effect of adding an unauthorized appropriation to it; or (3) any unauthorized appropriation included in any amendment between the chambers, or any amendment to such an amendment, in relation to a general appropriation bill.

Amends Rule XLIV (Congressionally Directed Spending and Related Items), which makes it out of order to vote on the adoption of a conference report in the Senate unless it is available on a publicly accessible congressional website at least 48 hours before such vote. Specifies that such website availability must be in a searchable format.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds to disclose any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such funding, including the amount of such funds.

]]> Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act Short Titles as Introduced Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act Display Title Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability 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 2009-01-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s162is/xml/BILLS-111s162is.xml 2009-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S145-146) 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.