I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2512 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2009 Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Walz, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Smith of Washington) 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 Act of 1974 to prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives or the Senate of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities.

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Earmark point of order

Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g)

Earmark point of order

(1)It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if that measure or any accompanying report or joint explanatory statement of managers contains any earmark for which the intended recipient is a private, for-profit entity. (2)As used in this subsection, the term earmark has the meaning given to the term congressional earmark in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. .

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Super majority point of order in the Senate

Subsections (c)(1) and (d)(2) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by inserting 312(g), after 310(d)(2),.