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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 284 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 29, 2007 Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. Pitts) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen the point of order against the consideration of legislation that contains congressional earmarks.

That clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended as follows: (1)Before the period at the end of paragraph (c), add the following: , or any inaccuracy in the list required by paragraph (a) or any inaccuracy in such statement. (2)At the end, add the following new paragraph: (g)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. .