[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 43 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4990. Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Toomey, 
Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Barrasso, and Mrs. Blackburn) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2471, to measure the progress of post-
disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule 
of law, and media freedoms in Haiti; as follows:

       At the end of the matter preceding division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of any 
     division of this Act, none of the funds made available under 
     any division of this Act may be used to implement any 
     earmark, Community Project Funding, or Congressionally 
     Directed Spending specified in any provision of any division 
     of this Act or in the explanatory statement described in 
     section 4.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     prevent funds allocated for any earmark, Community Project 
     Funding, or Congressionally Directed Spending included in any 
     division of this Act or in the tables contained in the 
     explanatory statement described in section 4 from being 
     awarded under a merit-based process under existing law.
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