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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3857 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 16, 2007 Mr. Neugebauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules A BILL To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental appropriation bills.

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.

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.

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.