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
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 15, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Oct 15, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Committees of jurisdiction
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