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HCONRES 201 111th Congress House Congress Appropriations Congressional committees General taxation matters Legislative rules and procedure Tariffs

To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Oct 15, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes a Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform to study and report to both chambers on the practices of the legislative and executive branch regarding earmarks in authorizing, appropriation, tax, and tariff measures.

Makes it out of order to consider a bill, joint resolution, or conference report containing a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit until the filing of such report.

What's happening now October 15, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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