110 HR 6967 IH: Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-09-18 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6967 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2008 Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself and Mr. McCotter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that, for a fiscal year, the total amount of money dedicated for earmarks may not exceed the estimated budget surplus for that year.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008.

2.

Budgetary enforcement to limit money dedicated for earmarks

(a)

In general

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

316.

Limitation on total annual outlays for earmarks

(a)

Limitation

It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing new budget authority for earmarks if— (1)the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported; (2)the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or (3)the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report; would cause the level of total outlays for earmarks for any fiscal year to exceed the amount of the estimated budget surplus for that fiscal year. For any fiscal year in which there is no budget surplus, it shall not be in order to consider any such measure that carries an earmark.(b)

Estimates of Surpluses

By March 1 of each calendar year, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare an estimate of the surplus or deficit for the fiscal year beginning in that calendar year and submit that estimate to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (c)

Definition

As used in this section, the term earmark has the meaning given the term congressional earmark by clause 9(d) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

. (b)

Conforming amendment

The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new item: Sec. 316. Limitation on total annual outlays for earmarks. .

3.

Effective date

The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fiscal years beginning after its date of enactment.