[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 614 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 614

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit earmarks 
                        to for-profit entities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2009

   Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Kirk) 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 to prohibit earmarks 
                        to for-profit entities.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
    ``(h) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report if that measure or any 
accompanying report or joint explanatory statement of managers contains 
a congressional earmark for an organization other than an organization 
which is exempt from the tax imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 or a governmental entity.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only be applicable 
if the underlying bill or joint resolution is reported after the date 
of adoption of this resolution or considered pursuant to a special 
order of business agreed to after the date of adoption of this 
resolution.
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