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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1544 

To rescind unused earmarks provided for the Department of Transportation, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To rescind unused earmarks provided for the Department 

of Transportation, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jurassic Pork Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. UNUSED EARMARKS. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

8 the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ under section 105 of 

9 title 5, United States Code; 

10 (2) the term ‘‘earmark’’ means— 


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1 (A) a congressionally directed spending 

2 item, as defined in rule XLIV of the Standing 

3 Rules of the Senate; and 

4 (B) a congressional earmark, as defined in 

5 rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep6 resentatives; and 

7 (3) the term ‘‘unused DOT earmark’’ means an 

8 earmark of funds provided for the Department of 

9 Transportation as to which more than 90 percent of 

10 the dollar amount of the earmark of funds remains 

11 available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal 

12 year following the fiscal year during which the ear13 mark was made available. 

14 (b) RESCISSION OF UNUSED DOT EARMARKS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), effective on October 1 of the 10th fiscal 

17 year after funds under an unused DOT earmark are 

18 made available, all unobligated amounts made avail19 able under the unused DOT earmark are rescinded 

20 and shall be transferred to the Highway Trust 

21 Fund. 

22 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Transpor23 tation may delay the rescission of amounts made 

24 available under an unused DOT earmark for 1 year 

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1 gation of amounts from the earmark is likely to 

2 occur during the 10th fiscal year after funds under 

3 the unused DOT earmark are made available. 

4 (c) AGENCY-WIDE IDENTIFICATION AND REPORT.— 

5 (1) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION.—Each agency 

6 shall identify and submit to the Director of the Of7 fice of Management and Budget an annual report— 

8 (A) that identifies each earmark for a 

9 project of the agency that is ineligible for fund10 ing; and 

11 (B) that discusses each project of the 

12 agency for which— 

13 (i) amounts are made available under 

14 an earmark; and 

15 (ii) as of the end of a fiscal year, un16 obligated balances remain available. 

17 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director of the Of18 fice of Management and Budget shall submit to 

19 Congress and publically post on the website of the 

20 Office of Management and Budget an annual report 

21 regarding earmarks (including any earmark that is 

22 ineligible for funding) that includes— 

23 (A) a listing and accounting for earmarks 

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1 able, summarized by agency, which shall in2 clude, for each earmark— 

3 (i) the amount of funds made avail4 able under the original earmark; 

5 (ii) the amount of the unobligated bal6 ances that remain available; 

7 (iii) the fiscal year through which the 

8 funds are made available, if applicable; and 

9 (iv) recommendations and justifica10 tions for whether the earmark should be 

11 rescinded or retained in the next fiscal 

12 year; 

13 (B) the number of rescissions resulting 

14 from this section and the annual savings result15 ing from this section for the previous fiscal 

16 year; and 

17 (C) a listing and accounting for earmarks 

18 provided for the Department of Transportation 

19 scheduled to be rescinded under subsection (b) 

20 at the end of the fiscal year during which the 

21 report is submitted. 

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