IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1008 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
transparency of earmarks requests. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 
Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Mr. BARROW, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. NADLER, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. BERK-
LEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ISRAEL, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
provide for transparency of earmarks requests. 
Resolved, That (a) rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘7. (a) It shall not be in order to consider any bill 
or joint resolution containing an earmark unless— 
‘‘(1) a written request for the inclusion of such 
earmark is sent to the chairman and ranking mem-
ber of the committee of primary jurisdiction (and, in 
the case of the Committee on Appropriations, also to 
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the chairman and ranking member of the sub-
committee of jurisdiction) at least 7 days before 
such earmark or bill including such earmark is 
scheduled to be voted on by the committee or by the 
House; 
‘‘(2) such request includes the name of the 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner spon-
soring the earmark; the name and address of the in-
tended recipient of the earmark; the purpose of the 
earmark; and a statement of whether the Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner sponsoring the 
earmark has a financial interest in the earmark or 
in the intended recipient of the earmark; 
‘‘(3) the applicable committee makes available 
on its Internet website the information sent to it 
pursuant to this clause respecting such earmark 
when such bill or joint resolution is ordered re-
ported. 
‘‘(b) As used in this clause, the term ‘earmark’ means 
any provision of a bill or joint resolution, or report there-
on, that specifies the identity of an entity, including States 
and local units of government, but excluding any Federal 
agency, Federal facility, or Federal lands, to receive any 
moneys, grant, loan, loan guarantee, contract, or tax ben-
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efit, which is included in an appropriation, authorization 
or tax measure. 
‘‘(c) A rule or order reported by the Committee on 
Rules that waives this clause or all or unspecified points 
of order may not be called up for consideration over the 
objection of any Member, except when so determined by 
a vote of two-thirds of the total membership of the House. 
A question of consideration under this clause is debatable 
for 30 minutes, equally divided by a proponent of the ques-
tion and an opponent.’’. 
(b) Rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘13. (a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a con-
ference report on a bill or joint resolution referred to in 
clause 7 of rule XXI unless the joint explanatory state-
ment accompanying such conference report includes a list 
of earmarks in the conference report or joint statement 
(and the names of Members of the House who submitted 
requests to the committee for earmarks included in such 
list and all other information required under such clause) 
that were not committed to the conference committee by 
either House. 
‘‘(2) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or 
order that waives the application of subparagraph (1). 
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‘‘(3) As used in this clause, the term ‘earmark’ has 
the meaning given such term in clause 7 of rule XXI and 
language in an accompanying joint statement of man-
agers. 
‘‘(d) It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
report until 48 hours after the list and other information 
required under paragraph (a) is made available on its 
Internet website by the committee with primary subject 
matter jurisdiction over such conference report.’’. 
(c) Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(l) The Clerk shall maintain, and make available to 
the public over the Internet, without a fee or other access 
charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable man-
ner, an electronic database that would link to all com-
mittee Internet websites to provide access to the informa-
tion regarding earmarks that is made available by such 
committees pursuant to clause 7 of rule XXI and clause 
13 of rule XXII.’’. 
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