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H.R. 4831 111th Congress House

Earmark Reform Act of 2010

Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to set a cap on allocated funds for earmarks.

Introduced: March 11, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Mar 11, 2010
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.
Mar 11, 2010
Referred to House Rules
Mar 11, 2010
Introduced in House
Mar 11, 2010
Referred to House Budget
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 Latest action March 11, 2010

Referred to House Budget

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Earmark Reform Act 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget of 1974 to subdivide amounts allocated to the congressional appropriations committees into: (1) a specified total of new budget authority and outlays for earmarks in appropriations measures for the first fiscal year of the first concurrent budget resolution; and (2) an amount of total new budget authority and outlays for such earmarks for the first fiscal year of each ensuing budget resolution equal to 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated to such committees. (Thus caps total earmarks at 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated each fiscal year to such committees.)

Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if its enactment would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays for a fiscal year to be exceeded.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4831: Earmark Reform Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4831/
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"H.R. 4831: Earmark Reform Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4831/.
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H.R. 4831, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4831/.
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