,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjad ,mr4 
,lankford introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,appropriations1 and in addition to the
 ,committees on ,transportation and     
,infrastructure and ,oversight and      
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to rescind unused earmarks  
provided for the ,department of         
,transportation1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,orphan ,earmarks ,act4    
#b4 ,unused earmarks  7a7 ,definitions  
,in this section--  7#a7 the term agency
 has the meaning given the term         
,executive agency under section #aje of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7  
the term earmark means--  7,a7 a        
congressionally directed spending item1 

as defined in rule ,,xliv of the        
,standing ,rules of the ,senate2 and    
7,b7 a congressional earmark1 as defined
 in rule ,,xxi of the ,rules of the     
,house of ,representatives2 and  7#c7   
the term unused ,,dot earmark means an  
earmark of funds provided for the       
,department of ,transportation as to    
which more than #ij percent of the      
dollar amount of the earmark of funds   
remains available for obligation at the 
end of the #ith fiscal year following   
the fiscal year during which the earmark
 was made available4  7b7 ,rescission of
 unused ,,dot earmarks  7#a7 ,in general
 ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 
effective on ,october #a of the #ajth   
fiscal year after funds under an unused 
,,dot earmark are made available1 all   
unobligated amounts made available under
 the unused ,,dot earmark are rescinded4
  7#b7 ,exception ,the ,secretary of    
,transportation may delay the rescission
 of amounts made available under an     
unused ,,dot earmark for #a year if the 

,secretary determines that an additional
 obligation of the earmark is likely to 
occur during the #ajth fiscal year after
 funds under the unused ,,dot earmark   
are made available4  7c7 ,agency-,wide  
identification and report  7#a7 ,agency 
identification ,each agency shall       
identify and submit to the ,director of 
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
an annual report regarding every project
 of the agency for which--  7,a7 amounts
 are made available under an earmark2   
and  7,b7 as of the end of a fiscal     
year1 unobligated balances remain       
available4  7#b7 ,annual report ,the    
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall submit to ,congress   
and publically post on the website of   
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
an annual report that includes--  7,a7 a
 listing and accounting for earmarks for
 which unobligated balances remain      
available1 summarized by agency1 which  
shall include1 for each earmark--  7i7  
the amount of funds made available under

 the original earmark2  7ii7 the amount 
of the unobligated balances that remain 
available2  7iii7 the fiscal year       
through which the funds are made        
available1 if applicable2 and  7iv7     
recommendations and justifications for  
whether the earmark should be rescinded 
or retained in the next fiscal year2    
7,b7 the number of rescissions resulting
 from this section and the annual       
savings resulting from this section for 
the previous fiscal year2 and  7,c7 a   
listing and accounting for earmarks     
provided for the ,department of         
,transportation scheduled to be         
rescinded under subsection 7b7 at the   
end of the fiscal year during which the 
report is submitted4