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Providing for a moratorium on the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains any congressional earmark until a bipartisan panel is…

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Providing for a moratorium on the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains any congressional earmark until a bipartisan panel is established to provide oversight over the congressional earmarking process and that panel reports its recommendations to the House.

Introduced: October 10, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Oct 10, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Oct 10, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that contains any congressional earmark unless and until: (1) a bipartisan panel composed of Members appointed by the Speaker and the Minority Leader is established to make recommendations to the House on how to better provide oversight of the congressional earmarking process to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds; and (2) that panel reports its recommendations to the House.

What's happening now October 10, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Oct 10, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 727: Providing for a moratorium on the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains any congressional earmark until a bipartisan panel is established to provide oversight over the congressional earmarking process and that panel reports its recommendations to the House.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-727/
MLA
"H. Res. 727: Providing for a moratorium on the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains any congressional earmark until a bipartisan panel is established to provide oversight over the congressional earmarking process and that panel reports its recommendations to the House.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-727/.
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H. Res. 727, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-727/.
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[H. Res. 727: Providing for a moratorium on the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains any congressional earmark until a bipartisan panel is established to provide oversight over the congressional earmarking process and that panel reports its recommendations to the House.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-727/)
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