[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1996 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1996

To prohibit the inclusion of earmarks in the Intelligence Authorization 
                       Act for Fiscal Year 2010.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2009

   Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. McCotter) 
    introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 
              Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select)

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the inclusion of earmarks in the Intelligence Authorization 
                       Act for Fiscal Year 2010.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON INCLUSION OF EARMARKS IN THE INTELLIGENCE 
              AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.

    (a) Prohibition.--No earmarks shall be included in the enactment of 
a bill authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2010.
    (b) Earmark Defined.--In this section, the term ``earmark'' means a 
provision or report language providing, authorizing, or recommending a 
specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or 
other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, 
loan authority, or other expenditure targeted to a specific State, 
locality, or congressional district, other than through a statutory or 
administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.
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