[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 409 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 409

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude certain 
             organizations from the definition of earmark.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2015

 Mr. Fattah 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 exclude certain 
             organizations from the definition of earmark.

    Resolved, That clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Such 
term shall not include a provision or report language providing, 
authorizing or recommending any such specific amount to an entity that 
is--
            ``(1) a non-profit corporation that is (or has any 
        subsidiary that is) a federally chartered corporation; and
            ``(2) determined by the chair, in consultation with the 
        ranking member, of the Committee on Appropriations to have main 
        focus on character development, mentoring, education, or 
        training of individuals who have not attained 19 years of 
        age.''.
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