Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude certain organizations from the definition of earmark.

Bill: 114-hres-409
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2015-09-08
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Employment and training programs

Federally chartered organizations

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude from the meaning of &quot;earmark&quot; a provision or report language providing, authorizing, or recommending any specific amount of spending authority for a contract, loan, grant, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to an entity, that is:</p> <ul> <li>a non-profit corporation that is (or has any subsidiary that is) a federally chartered corporation; and</li> <li>determined by the chair, in consultation with the ranking member of the House Committee on Appropriations, to have its main focus on character development, mentoring. education, or training of individuals under age 19.</li></ul>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 409 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2015 Mr. Fattah submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude certain organizations from the definition of earmark.

That clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following: Such term shall not include a provision or report language providing, authorizing or recommending any such specific amount to an entity that is— (1) a non-profit corporation that is (or has any subsidiary that is) a federally chartered corporation; and (2) determined by the chair, in consultation with the ranking member, of the Committee on Appropriations to have main focus on character development, mentoring, education, or training of individuals who have not attained 19 years of age. .