No IRRESPONSIBLE Spending Act

Bill: 117-hres-309
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-13
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Aviation and airports

Dams and canals

Educational facilities and institutions

House of Representatives

Infrastructure development

Legislative rules and procedure

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Railroads

Roads and highways
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Irresponsible Recovery or Reinvestment Expenditures Supporting Priorities Outside Necessary Surface Infrastructure Built Legitimately and Expediently Spending Act or the No IRRESPONSIBLE Spending Act</b></p> <p>This resolution provides that it shall not be in order for the House of Representatives to consider a bill containing an appropriation or authorization of more than $100 billion relating to infrastructure if the bill does not provide at least 50% of those funds to specified programs, initiatives, or projects (e.g., the construction or maintenance of highways, railways, airports, and waterways). A question of order on this percentage may be raised at any time.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 309 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2021 Mr. Turner submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit bills and joint resolutions that contain an appropriation or authorization of more than $100,000,000,000 relating to infrastructure that does not provide at least 50 percent of such funds to programs, initiatives, or projects that directly impact construction or maintenance of highways, roads, bridges, dams, passenger and freight railways, airports, waterways and ports, public schools, or the safety of such facilities.

1. Short title This Resolution may be cited as the No Irresponsible Recovery or Reinvestment Expenditures Supporting Priorities Outside Necessary Surface Infrastructure Built Legitimately and Expediently Spending Act or the No IRRESPONSIBLE Spending Act . 2. Prohibition of consideration of certain bills That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause— 13. It shall not be in order to consider a bill that contains an appropriation or authorization of more than $100,000,000,000 relating to infrastructure that does not provide at least 50 percent of such funds to programs, initiatives, or projects that directly impact construction or maintenance of highways, roads, bridges, dams, passenger and freight railways, airports, waterways and ports, public schools, or the safety of such facilities. A question of order on the percentage of funds provided to such programs, initiatives, or projects in such bill may be raised at any time. .