I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6211 
To prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives of any 
legislation containing an earmark. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2020 
Mr. NORMAN (for himself and Mr. BUDD) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Rules 
A BILL 
To prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives 
of any legislation containing an earmark. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Earmark Elimination 
Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION 
CONTAINING EARMARKS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives to consider any bill, 
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joint resolution, amendment, or conference report if 
the bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
report, or any accompanying report or joint explana-
tory statement of managers, includes a congressional 
earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—If a point of order is raised 
under paragraph (1) with respect to a congressional 
earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit 
and the point of order is sustained, the congressional 
earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit 
shall be deemed to be stricken from the measure in-
volved. 
(3) SPECIAL
PROCEDURE
FOR
CONFERENCE 
REPORT
AND
AMENDMENTS
BETWEEN
THE 
HOUSES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a point of order is 
raised and sustained under paragraph (1) with 
respect to a conference report or a motion that 
the House recede from its disagreement to a 
Senate amendment and concur therein, with or 
without amendment, then after disposition of all 
such points of order the conference report or 
motion, as the case may be, shall be considered 
as rejected and the matter remaining in dis-
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agreement shall be disposed of under subpara-
graph (B) or (C), as the case may be. 
(B) CONFERENCE
REPORTS.—After the 
House has sustained one or more points of 
order under paragraph (1) with respect to a 
conference report— 
(i) if the conference report accom-
panied a House measure amended by the 
Senate, the pending question shall be 
whether the House shall recede and concur 
in the Senate amendment with an amend-
ment consisting of so much of the con-
ference report as was not rejected; and 
(ii) if the conference report accom-
panied a Senate measure amended by the 
House, the pending question shall be 
whether the House shall insist further on 
the House amendment. 
(C) MOTIONS.—After the House has sus-
tained one or more points of order under para-
graph (1) with respect to a motion that the 
House recede and concur in a Senate amend-
ment, with or without amendment, the following 
motions shall be privileged and shall have prece-
dence in the order stated: 
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