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H.R. 6967 110th Congress House

Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that, for a fiscal year, the total amount of money dedicated for earmarks may … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that, for a fiscal year, the total amount of money dedicated for earmarks may not exceed the estimated budget surplus for that year.

Introduced: September 18, 2008 See on congress.gov
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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.
Sep 18, 2008
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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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing new budget authority for earmarks if the enactment of such measure as reported, the adoption and enactment of that amendment, or the enactment of legislation in the form recommended in that conference report would cause the level of total outlays for earmarks for any fiscal year to exceed the amount of the estimated budget surplus for that fiscal year.

Makes it out of order for any fiscal year in which there is no budget surplus to consider any such measure that carries an earmark.

Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by March 1 of each calendar year, to prepare, and submit to the congressional budget committees, an estimate of the surplus or deficit for the next fiscal year.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6967: Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6967/
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"H.R. 6967: Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6967/.
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H.R. 6967, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6967/.
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