[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1502 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1502

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives respecting the 
 treatment of earmarks in conferences between the House and the Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2010

Mr. Akin submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives respecting the 
 treatment of earmarks in conferences between the House and the Senate.

    Resolved, That clause 9 of rule XXII is amended by inserting 
``(a)'' after ``9.'' and by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(b) A conference report may not include a modification of any 
congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit 
(as such terms are defined in clause 9 of rule XXI) committed to the 
conference committee by either or both Houses if that modification is 
beyond the scope of that specific matter as committed to the conference 
committee. Whenever a point of order is made that a conference report 
contains a violation of this paragraph, the Chair may submit the 
question of whether such violation has occurred to the House and shall 
be debatable up to 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of 
order and for up to 10 minutes by an opponent and shall be decided with 
a roll call vote as to whether to strip the congressional earmark 
without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn.''.
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