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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2007 Mr. Shuler (for himself, Mr. Chandler, Ms. Harman, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Ross, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Taylor, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Hill, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Berry, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, and Mr. Mahoney of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen the budget process.

That(a)the last sentence of clause 7(e) of rule XXII of Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting and shall contain, where practicable, the estimate of costs described in section 308(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 before the period. (b)Clause 7 of rule XXII of Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (f)It shall not be in order to consider a conference report unless it contains an estimate of costs as described in the last sentence of paragraph (e). .

2.

Roll call votes required for new spending over $50,000,000

Clause 10 of rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting authorizing or providing new budget authority of not less than $50,000,000 before making general appropriations and by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent request or motion to suspend this clause..

3.

Searchable earmarks list requirement

Clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended as follows: (1)in paragraph (a)(1), by inserting , which shall be made available on the Internet in a searchable format to the general public for at least 48 hours before consideration, after a list; (2)in paragraph (a)(2), by inserting , which shall be made available on the Internet in a searchable format to the general public for at least 48 hours before consideration, after a list; and (3)in paragraph (a)(4), by inserting , which shall be made available on the Internet in a searchable format to the general public for at least 48 hours before consideration, after a list.

4.

Same-day consideration of rules committee reports

In rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, clause 6(a) is amended by striking the same day and inserting the same calendar day or less than 17 hours after that.

5.

Two-Thirds requirement for certain waivers under the rules

(a)

Two-Thirds Requirement

Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking the period and inserting a semicolon at the end of subparagraph (2) and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (3)a rule or order which would waive the layover requirement of clause 8 of rule XXII concerning the availability of reports, would waive the three-day layover requirement or the three-day Internet availability requirement of clause 4(a)(1) of this rule or of clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII, or would waive the scope requirement of the last sentence of clause 9 of rule XXII by a vote of less than two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. . (b)

Conforming Amendment

Clause 6(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking subparagraph (2), by inserting or after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (1), and by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (2).

6.

Two-Thirds requirement for availability of certain measures on the Internet

(a)Clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting and until the third such calendar day on which the underlying measure or matter has been made available by the Committee on Rules on its Internet site before the period. (b)Clause 8(a)(1)(A) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting and until the third such calendar day on which such conference report and joint explanatory statement have been made available by the standing committee of the House with subject matter jurisdiction over the underlying legislation on its Internet site before the semicolon.

7.

Written justification for earmarks

Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (g)The report that accompanies any general appropriation bill shall contain a separate written justification for each earmark contained in such bill or report. .

8.

Mandatory oversight

Clause 2(d) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (3)Not later than July 1 in the first session of a Congress, and at six-month intervals thereafter during that Congress, each committee shall submit reports to the Speaker and the minority leader respecting the committee’s compliance with its oversight plan. Committees shall make these reports available to the public. .