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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code> 
<congress display="yes">110th CONGRESS</congress> 
<session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. RES. 1515</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<action display="yes"> 
<action-date date="20080927">September 27, 2008</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001167">Mr. Sali</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="B000208">Mr. Bartlett of Maryland</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S000250">Mr. Sessions</cosponsor>) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HRU00">Committee on Rules</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HSO00">Standards of Official Conduct</committee-name>, 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</action-desc> 
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<legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen the point of order against the consideration of congressional earmarks, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="H243E012C43D142DD8CF963C558C9B6A7"><text>That clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended as follows:</text> 
<paragraph id="HA04365E137094C99889F074DF79D2DEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In paragraph (a)(1)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HC2F6477DAFBD4BE49BFE2D820717E9C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>after <quote>such list</quote> insert <quote>, certified by the chairman of the relevant committee as the official action of the referring committee on the bill or joint resolution,</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H67477904D48B4612A5956BAE289BD399"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">before the semicolon insert <quote>to be printed in the Congressional Record and made available on a list accessible to and searchable by the public via the Internet on the website of the Clerk under paragraph (h)(1) at least 48 hours prior to its consideration by the full House</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HB2599643926D4970A31DF5DA9FDC37C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In paragraph (a)(2)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H2FB54CACACAD4B09B187C95CB6F3A809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strike <quote>each committee of initial referral</quote> and insert <quote>the conference committee that reports such bill or joint resolution to the House</quote>; </text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HBDFA879D63A540C7983C20047B00B470"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after <quote>such list</quote> insert <quote>, certified by the chairman of the relevant committee as the official action of the referring committee on the bill or joint resolution,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H6BFFBE9B0ADE4C11B825003D7B00DCF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strike <quote>prior to its consideration</quote> and insert <quote>and made available on a list accessible to and searchable by the public via the Internet on the website of the Clerk under paragraph (h)(1) at least 48 hours prior to its consideration by the full House</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H3AB296DA13AE4656946B1453ACF291FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (b) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
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<rules-paragraph id="H7E1240E543954B31AF3400412212C6E1" indent="up1"><enum>(b)</enum> 
<rules-subparagraph id="H454AAFE540094360B903B91B9F61588E" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any list of congressional earmarks required by paragraph (a) or paragraph (d)(2) shall include for each earmark, as a part of that list, the name of any Member who requested that earmark, the total amount of new budget authority provided for that earmark, the name of any person or entity that is to receive the earmarked funds, and a brief, accurate description of the purpose or program for which those funds shall be expended.</text></rules-subparagraph> 
<rules-subparagraph id="H477656D30CD14C2285F3A319C39FC820" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this clause, any provision or report language that is inserted by the chairman of a standing committee or any subcommittee thereof with subject matter jurisdiction over the measure containing such provision or report language, and that would be a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit but for the fact that it was not requested by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator, and that is either targeted to the congressional district of such chairman or unrelated to the purpose of the underlying measure, shall be required to be included in the applicable list of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits with the respective chairman designated as the person requesting the earmarked funds.</text></rules-subparagraph> 
<rules-subparagraph id="HCE8CC0107F97435483734EF0B0BF7B30" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>It is the permanent and continuing sense of the House that there is no legislative intent for any agency of the Federal Government to obligate funds for any congressionally earmarked funds unless such earmarked funds are, in full compliance with these rules, included on the appropriate list of congressional earmarks required by these rules.</text></rules-subparagraph></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HA53528A209BE404AA6C3B78192867C96"><enum>(4)</enum> 
<subparagraph id="H08C9E4CCED5A47B5950000665E7DAD94" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (c) is amended by inserting before the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>It shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that waives the application of paragraph (a) or paragraph (d).</quote>.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H62EC12DE6D6C42EC85A272827BF594A2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (c) is amended by inserting <quote>, or any inaccuracy in the list required by paragraph (a) or any inaccuracy in such statement</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0074A746F04B469F856B6D31C806A49D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Redesignate paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) as paragraphs (e), (f), and (g), respectively, and insert after paragraph (c) the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<rules-paragraph id="HA594957BBCE04425925603AA4309055C" indent="up1"><enum>(d)</enum> 
<rules-subparagraph id="HD017419835F14C3C95575DF656892BEE" display-inline="yes-display-inline" indent="up2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, described in paragraph (a) if—</text> 
<rules-subdivision id="H8C5BBB782F5A43F6B68CF5CDB9C6D12" indent="down1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any earmark is contained in such measure or in any accompanying report or joint statement (as applicable) or in any other accompanying documentation and that earmark does not appear on the applicable searchable list accessible to the public on the Internet as required by paragraph (a);</text></rules-subdivision> 
<rules-subdivision id="HA71646C579DD4657BB17D8C594DBD2F" indent="down1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any such earmark is sought by any individual, including any entity employing or retaining such individual, who was within the prior 18 months employed by the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to any committee for that earmark;</text></rules-subdivision> 
<rules-subdivision id="H0196C37B9EE240CB9028A11041EB95DF" indent="down1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any such earmark will financially benefit the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the committee for that earmark or any family member (as such term is defined by clause 15(c)(2) of rule XXIII) or any staff employed by that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or any family member (as such term is defined by clause 15(c)(2) of rule XXIII as if that definition applied to staff instead of a Member) of any such staff; or</text></rules-subdivision> 
<rules-subdivision id="HDE137C4961094A94A280DE1F13837B3E" indent="down1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any such earmark will benefit any entity that was established by or at the request or with the assistance of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, who submitted a request to any committee for that earmark.</text></rules-subdivision></rules-subparagraph></rules-paragraph> 
<rules-paragraph id="HF6B4F75B436D41C1846E6211305E8320" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall not be in order to consider a conference report to accompany a general appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared by the managers on the part of the House and the managers on the part of the Senate includes a list of all congressional earmarks in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator who submitted a request to the respective House or Senate committee for each respective earmark included on such list) that were not committed to the conference committee by either House, not in a report on such bill, and not in a report of a committee of the Senate on a companion measure. </text></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H73643987C7764C79A72CEFD1DE567DF8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>At the end, add the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<rules-paragraph id="HFF0513F46BE945EC81004DAC831BE389"><enum>(h)</enum> 
<rules-subparagraph id="HB6D06992A76F4E0EB2C3DCDD3DBC2095" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Clerk shall establish a website accessible to and searchable by the public and upon which shall appear, for the budgeting process for each fiscal year, a list of every congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, and limited tariff benefit requested by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator pursuant to this clause and included in any reported bill or joint resolution or accompanying report thereto, or in any conference report to accompany any bill or joint resolution or in any accompanying joint explanatory statement.</text></rules-subparagraph> 
<rules-subparagraph id="HC76DF4133D2E4266A6A8BDC3C9A9500" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chairman of any committee reporting a bill or joint resolution and the Member who from a committee of conference submits a conference report shall immediately submit a list of the congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits included in that measure or accompanying report or statement (and, for each such congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit, the name of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator who requested that earmark or benefit) to the Clerk to be used by the Clerk to carry out subparagraph (1) .</text></rules-subparagraph></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> 
<section id="H3DFC6F88D6A743FB9D2EB1718E717735"><enum>2.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (1), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon at the end of subparagraph (2), and by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> 
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<rules-subparagraph id="H2156EA45A3E242568E6EDAA764171B61" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rule or order that waives the application of clause 6 of rule XXI; or</text></rules-subparagraph> 
<rules-subparagraph id="H6EDA6719641E4CF98B7476951B63AE95" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a rule or order that waives the application of paragraph (a) or (d) of clause 9 of rule XXI.</text></rules-subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> 
<section id="H550DD82F96F6430F81DE4B9E00C6CD58"><enum>3.</enum><text>Clause 17(a) of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (4), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (5) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> 
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<rules-subparagraph id="H83ED465B579845B1AF83A8BBA9F2F1C" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a congressional earmark which is requested by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is a candidate for election for any public office, the name and address of any person who asked the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to request the earmark and made a contribution to the Member’s, Delegate’s, or Resident Commissioner’s campaign for election for any public office during the 18-month period which ends on the date of such request.</text></rules-subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> 
<section id="H3C85670A1C4648B7B580601D292E7005"><enum>4.</enum> 
<subsection id="HEA2022AE570040A2A787B3E63FCC0053" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever a Member of the House of Representatives provides a written statement under clause 17(a)(6) of the Rules of the House of Representatives (as added by section 3) to the chairman and ranking minority member of a committee, such chairman shall provide the statement simultaneously in electronic form to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="HEF9E23982FCD4536A381B578D4645C88"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Upon receiving a statement from a chairman under subsection (a), the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall post the statement on a publicly accessible website of the Office of the Clerk in a format which permits individuals to search for categories of information among all such statements.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H74C7DB0075124B46B8152692294DEF3B"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In this section, a <quote>Member of the House of Representatives</quote> includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. </text></subsection></section> 
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