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H.R. 4964 109th Congress House

Earmark Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006

Official title: To prohibit Federal agencies from obligating funds for earmarks included only in congressional reports, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 15, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Mar 15, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 15, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Earmark Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 - Prohibits a federal agency from obligating funds made available in an appropriation Act or other Act to implement an earmark: (1) that is included in a congressional report accompanying such legislation, unless the earmark is also included in the Act; or (2) if the earmark was not in the House-passed or Senate-passed version of that measure committed to the conference committee.

Amends rule XXII (House and Senate Relations) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit consideration of a bill or amendment between the chambers or conference report on such bill unless a list of all earmarks in it, an identification of the Member who proposed it (if possible), and an explanation of the essential governmental purpose for the earmark are available to all Members, and made available to the general public on the Internet for at least 72 hours before its consideration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1
BILBRAY, BRIAN
· Sep 7, 2006
Bean, Melissa
· May 24, 2006
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· May 24, 2006
Hensarling, Jeb
· Mar 15, 2006
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 15, 2006
PENCE, MIKE
· Mar 15, 2006
SOUDER, MARK
· Mar 15, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4964: Earmark Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4964/
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