Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for two or more unrelated emergencies.
Prohibits any provisions containing spending that is not designated as emergency spending from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider: (1) the conference report on a measure making supplemental appropriations if such measure contains such spending; or (2) any bill, joint resolution, or conference report if the accompanying report or joint statement of managers does not comply with this Act.
Requires the Committee on Appropriations or any other House or Senate committee that reports any bill or joint resolution that provides budget authority for any emergency, the accompanying report, or the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the measure to: (1) identify all provisions that provide budget authority and the resulting outlays for such emergency; (2) state the reasons why such budget authority meets the definition of an emergency; and (3) justify why such funding is in a supplemental appropriation and not the regular appropriation for the next fiscal year.
Prohibits a provision containing an earmark from being reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making supplemental appropriations containing earmarks.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6176 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6176
To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental
appropriation bills.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 2006
Mr. Neugebauer (for himself, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Fortuno, Mr.
Gingrey, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Garrett of
New Jersey, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Sodrel, Mr.
Rohrabacher, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Ms. Hart, Mr.
Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Akin, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Sam
Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Campbell
of California, Mr. Poe, Ms. Foxx, and Mr. Flake) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
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A BILL
To establish requirements for the consideration of supplemental
appropriation bills.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SINGLE PURPOSE.
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the
Senate to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for
two or more unrelated emergencies.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING LEGISLATION.
(a) Point of Order.--(1) A provision containing any spending that
is not designated as emergency spending may not be reported in a
measure making supplemental appropriations.
(2) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the
Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making
supplemental appropriations if such measure contains any spending that
is not designated as emergency spending.
(3) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the
Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or conference report if
the accompanying report or joint statement of managers, as applicable,
does not comply with subsection (b).
(b) Committee Notification of Emergency Legislation.--Whenever the
Committee on Appropriations or any other committee of the House of
Representatives or the Senate (including a committee of conference)
reports any bill or joint resolution that provides budget authority for
any emergency, the report accompanying that bill or joint resolution
(or the joint explanatory statement of managers in the case of a
conference report on any such bill or joint resolution) shall identify
all provisions that provide budget authority and the outlays flowing
therefrom for such emergency and include a statement of the reasons why
such budget authority meets the definition of an emergency and a
justification of why such funding is in a supplemental appropriation
and not the regular appropriation for the next fiscal year.
(c) Definition of Emergency.--(1) As used in this section, the term
``emergency'' means a situation that--
(A) requires new budget authority and outlays (or new
budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom) for the
prevention or mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or
property, or a threat to national security; and
(B) is unanticipated.
(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term ``unanticipated'' means that
the situation is--
(A) sudden, which means quickly coming into being or not
building up over time;
(B) urgent, which means a pressing and compelling need
requiring immediate action;
(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted or anticipated as
an emerging need; and
(D) temporary, which means not of a permanent duration.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EARMARKS.
(a) Points of Order.--(1) A provision containing an earmark may not
be reported in a measure making supplemental appropriations.
(2) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the
Senate to consider the conference report on any measure making
supplemental appropriations if such measure contains any earmarks.
(b) Definition of Earmark.--As used in subsection (a), the term
``earmark'' means a provision in a bill or conference report, or
language in an accompanying committee report or joint statement of
managers, providing or recommending a specific amount of discretionary
budget authority to a non-Federal entity, if such entity is
specifically identified in the report or bill.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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