,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,norman 7for himself and ,mr4 ,budd7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the             
consideration in the ,house of          
,representatives of any legislation     
containing an earmark4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,earmark
 ,elimination ,act of #bjbj4  #b4       
,prohibiting consideration of           
legislation containing earmarks  7a7    
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in general ,it shall
 not be in order in the ,house of       
,representatives to consider any bill1  
joint resolution1 amendment1 or         
conference report if the bill1 joint    
resolution1 amendment1 or conference    
report1 or any accompanying report or   
joint explanatory statement of managers1
 includes a congressional earmark1      
limited tax benefit1 or limited tariff  
benefit4  7#b7 ,procedure ,if a point of

 order is raised under paragraph 7#a7   
with respect to a congressional earmark1
 limited tax benefit1 or limited tariff 
benefit and the point of order is       
sustained1 the congressional earmark1   
limited tax benefit1 or limited tariff  
benefit shall be deemed to be stricken  
from the measure involved4  7#c7        
,special procedure for conference report
 and amendments between the houses  7,a7
 ,in general ,if a point of order is    
raised and sustained under paragraph    
7#a7 with respect to a conference report
 or a motion that the ,house recede from
 its disagreement to a ,senate amendment
 and concur therein1 with or without    
amendment1 then after disposition of all
 such points of order the conference    
report or motion1 as the case may be1   
shall be considered as rejected and the 
matter remaining in disagreement shall  
be disposed of under subparagraph 7,b7  
or 7,c71 as the case may be4  7,b7      
,conference reports ,after the ,house   
has sustained one or more points of     

order under paragraph 7#a7 with respect 
to a conference report-- 7i7 if the     
conference report accompanied a ,house  
measure amended by the ,senate1 the     
pending question shall be whether the   
,house shall recede and concur in the   
,senate amendment with an amendment     
consisting of so much of the conference 
report as was not rejected2 and  7ii7 if
 the conference report accompanied a    
,senate measure amended by the ,house1  
the pending question shall be whether   
the ,house shall insist further on the  
,house amendment4  7,c7 ,motions ,after 
the ,house has sustained one or more    
points of order under paragraph 7#a7    
with respect to a motion that the ,house
 recede and concur in a ,senate         
amendment1 with or without amendment1   
the following motions shall be          
privileged and shall have precedence in 
the order stated3 7i7 ,a motion that the
 ,house recede and concur in the ,senate
 amendment with an amendment in writing 
then available on the floor4  7ii7 ,a   

motion that the ,house insist on its    
disagreement to the ,senate amendment   
and request a further conference with   
the ,senate4  7iii7 ,a motion that the  
,house insist on its disagreement to the
 ,senate amendment4  7b7 ,determination 
by house ,if a point of order is raised 
under this section and the ,chair is    
unable to ascertain whether a provision 
constitutes a congressional earmark1    
limited tax benefit1 or limited tariff  
benefit1 the ,chair shall put the       
question to the ,house and the question 
shall be decided without debate or      
intervening motion4  7c7 ,conforming    
amendment ,rule ,,xxi of the ,rules of  
the ,house of ,representatives is       
amended by striking clause #i4  #c4     
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
term congressional earmark means a      
provision or report language included   
primarily at the request of a ,member1  
,delegate1 ,resident ,commissioner1 or  
,senator providing1 authorizing or      
recommending a specific amount of       

discretionary budget authority1 credit  
authority1 or other spending authority  
for a contract1 loan1 loan guarantee1   
grant1 loan authority1 or other         
expenditure with or to an entity1 or    
targeted to a specific ,state1 locality 
or congressional district1 other than   
through a statutory or administrative   
formula-driven or competitive award     
process2  7#b7 the term limited tax     
benefit means-- 7,a7 any revenue-losing 
provision that-- 7i7 provides a ,federal
 tax deduction1 credit1 exclusion1 or   
preference to #aj or fewer beneficiaries
 under the ,internal ,revenue ,code of  
#aihf2 and  7ii7 contains eligibility   
criteria that are not uniform in        
application with respect to potential   
beneficiaries of such provision2 or     
7,b7 any ,federal tax provision which   
provides one beneficiary temporary or   
permanent transition relief from a      
change to the ,internal ,revenue ,code  
of #aihf2 and  7#c7 the term limited    
tariff benefit means a provision        

modifying the ,harmonized ,tariff       
,schedule of the ,united ,states in a   
manner that benefits #aj or fewer       
entities4