[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3857 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3857

    To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental 
                          appropriation bills.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2007

Mr. Neugebauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental 
                          appropriation bills.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SINGLE PURPOSE.

    It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
Senate to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for 
two or more unrelated emergencies.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING LEGISLATION.

    (a) Point of Order.--(1) A provision containing any spending that 
is not designated as emergency spending may not be reported in a 
measure making supplemental appropriations.
    (2) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making 
supplemental appropriations if such measure contains any spending that 
is not designated as emergency spending.
    (3) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or conference report if 
the accompanying report or joint statement of managers, as applicable, 
does not comply with subsection (b).
    (b) Committee Notification of Emergency Legislation.--Whenever the 
Committee on Appropriations or any other committee of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate (including a committee of conference) 
reports any bill or joint resolution that provides budget authority for 
any emergency, the report accompanying that bill or joint resolution 
(or the joint explanatory statement of managers in the case of a 
conference report on any such bill or joint resolution) shall identify 
all provisions that provide budget authority and the outlays flowing 
therefrom for such emergency and include a statement of the reasons why 
such budget authority meets the definition of an emergency and a 
justification of why such funding is in a supplemental appropriation 
and not the regular appropriation for the next fiscal year.
    (c) Definition of Emergency.--(1) As used in this section, the term 
``emergency'' means a situation that--
            (A) requires new budget authority and outlays (or new 
        budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom) for the 
        prevention or mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or 
        property, or a threat to national security; and
            (B) is unanticipated.
    (2) As used in paragraph (1), the term ``unanticipated'' means that 
the situation is--
            (A) sudden, which means quickly coming into being or not 
        building up over time;
            (B) urgent, which means a pressing and compelling need 
        requiring immediate action;
            (C) unforeseen, which means not predicted or anticipated as 
        an emerging need; and
            (D) temporary, which means not of a permanent duration.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EARMARKS.

    (a) Points of Order.--(1) A provision containing an earmark may not 
be reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
    (2) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making 
supplemental appropriations if such measure contains any earmarks.
    (b) Definition of Earmark.--As used in subsection (a), the term 
``earmark'' has the meaning given to the term ``congressional earmark'' 
in clause 9(d) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress.
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