3.0.0 2370 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z Senate S S 2014-05-21 113 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-21T16:49:02Z Orphan Earmarks Act 113 4715 HR 2014-05-22 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2014-05-21 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral 2014-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2014-05-21 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2014-06-04 False F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2014-06-05 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure Transportation programs funding Economics and Public Finance 00 2014-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-02T16:17:27Z Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds all unobligated amounts of funds earmarked for the Department of Transportation (DOT) if more than 90% of the dollar amount of that earmark remains available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to delay any such rescission for one year if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the 10th fiscal year after it was first made available.

Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of a 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 provided for the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Orphan Earmarks Act Introduced in Senate 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2370is/xml/BILLS-113s2370is.xml 2014-05-21 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.