3.0.0 282 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z Senate S S 2011-02-03 112 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-03T22:28:17Z Orphan Earmarks Act of 2011 112 633 HR 2011-02-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management . Related bill CRS STAY PUT Act of 2011 112 638 HR 2011-02-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2011-02-03 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral 2011-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-02-03 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2011-02-10 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2011-02-10 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2011-02-10 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2011-02-10 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-02-14 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-02-17 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2011-02-17 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-03-03 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-03-29 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Economics and Public Finance 00 2011-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-03T16:38:47Z Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds any earmark of funds provided for any federal agency with more than 90% of the appropriated amount remaining available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the agency head to delay any such rescission if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the following 12-month period.

Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of each fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall report a listing and accounting for such earmarks to Congress and to the public via the OMB website.

]]> Orphan Earmarks Act Display Title Orphan Earmarks Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to rescind unused earmarks. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Orphan Earmarks Act Introduced in Senate 2011-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s282is/xml/BILLS-112s282is.xml 2011-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 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.