Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that Members post on their websites all earmark requests made to the Committee on Appropriations.

Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner requesting the Committee on Appropriations or any subcommittee to include a congressional earmark in any legislation, related report, or joint statement of managers accompanying a conference report to: (1) include also the proposed recipient, amount requested, the project name, and a project description of the matter that is the subject of that congressional earmark; and (2) post such information on his or her website within 24 hours of making that request.

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[H. Res. 1072 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1072

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that 
    Members post on their websites all earmark requests made to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2008

 Mrs. Boyda of Kansas (for herself and Mr. Moore of Kansas) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                     Standards of Official Conduct

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that 
    Members post on their websites all earmark requests made to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations.

    Resolved, That clause 17 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(c) Whenever any Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
requests of the Committee on Appropriations (or any subcommittee 
thereof) that a congressional earmark be included in any bill or joint 
resolution (or accompanying report) or in any conference report on any 
such bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying joint statement of 
managers), that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall 
include the proposed recipient, amount requested, the project name, and 
a project description of the matter that is the subject of that 
congressional earmark, and post such information on his or her website 
within 24 hours of making that request.''.
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