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Earmark Reform Act of 2007

Introduced: October 3, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Oct 4, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11304-11307)
Oct 3, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Oct 3, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Earmark Reform Act 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget of 1974 to subdivide amounts allocated to the congressional appropriations committees into: (1) a specified total of new budget authority and outlays for earmarks in appropriations measures for the first fiscal year of the first concurrent budget resolution; and (2) an amount of total new budget authority and outlays for such earmarks for the first fiscal year of each ensuing budget resolution equal to 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated to such committees. (Thus caps total earmarks at 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated each fiscal year to such committees.)

Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if its enactment would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays for a fiscal year to be exceeded.

What's happening now October 4, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11304-11307)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Oct 10, 2007
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Oct 3, 2007
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 3, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3738: Earmark Reform Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3738/
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"H.R. 3738: Earmark Reform Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3738/.
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H.R. 3738, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3738/.
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