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HRES 491 110th Congress House Congress Appropriations Congressional reporting requirements House rules and procedure Legislation Senate rules and procedure

Providing for earmark reform.

Introduced: June 18, 2007 Introduced by: Hoyer, Steny H. Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 18, 2007
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6623)
Jun 18, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6623)
Jun 18, 2007
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6622-6623)
Jun 18, 2007
Ms. Slaughter asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Jun 18, 2007
Committee on Rules discharged.
Jun 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jun 18, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it out of order, during the remainder of the 110th Congress, to consider a conference report to accompany a regular general appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared by the managers on the part of the House and the Senate, respectively, includes a list of congressional earmarks in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of the requesting Member of Congress) that were not committed to the conference committee by either chamber, not in a report on such bill, and not in a report of a committee of the Senate on a companion measure.

Makes it out of order to consider a rule or order that waives the application of this resolution.

What's happening now June 18, 2007

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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