Pulled Pork Act

Bill: 115-hr-4818
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2018-01-17
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Legislative rules and procedure

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pulled Pork Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal agencies from using funds made available through an earmark after the enactment of this bill. It also rescinds the earmarked funds effective on the date the funds are made available. </p> <p>An &quot;earmark&quot; is a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Member of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific state, locality or congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process. </p> <p>Each agency must submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an annual report identifying each earmark that is ineligible for funding under this bill. OMB must then submit to Congress and publish on its website an annual report detailing the identified earmarks and the annual savings resulting from this bill. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4818 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2018 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds made available in the form of an earmark, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pulled Pork Act . 2. Prohibition on earmarks (a) In general No funds made available after the date of enactment of this Act to any Executive agency through an earmark may be obligated or expended by that agency, and any such funds are rescinded effective on the date the funds are so made available. (b) Executive agency identification of earmarks and report (1) Agency identification The head of each Executive agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an annual report that identifies each earmark for a project of the agency that is ineligible for funding under subsection (a). (2) Annual report The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress, and publish on the Office’s public website, an annual report on earmarks that includes— (A) a listing and accounting for earmarks identified under paragraph (1); and (B) the annual savings resulting from this section for the previous fiscal year. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term Executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Earmark The term earmark means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Member of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.