,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #a1 #bjba,mr4
 ,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,ms4 
,ernst1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 
,johnson1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 
,toomey1 and ,mr4 ,portman7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,rules and ,administration  ,a ,,bill   
,to prohibit earmarks4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,earmark
 ,elimination ,act of #bjba4  #b4       
,prohibition on earmarks  7a7 ,bills and
 joint resolutions1 amendments1         
amendments between the ,houses1 and     
conference reports  7#a7 ,in general ,it
 shall not be in order in the ,senate to
 consider a bill1 joint resolution1     
motion1 amendment1 amendment between the
 ,houses1 or conference report that     
includes an earmark4  7#b7 ,procedure   
7,a7 ,in general ,upon a point of order 
being made by any ,senator under        
paragraph 7#a7 against an earmark1 and  

such point of order being sustained1    
such earmark shall be stricken4  7,b7   
,form of the point of order ,a point of 
order under paragraph 7#a7 may be raised
 by a ,senator as provided in section   
#cac7;e7 of the ,congressional ,budget  
,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7;e774  
7b7 ,conference report and amendment    
between the ,houses procedure ,when the 
,senate is considering a conference     
report1 or an amendment between the     
,houses-- 7#a7 upon a point of order    
being made by any ,senator under        
subsection 7a7 with respect to one or   
more earmarks1 and such point of order  
being sustained1 such earmarks shall be 
stricken2 and  7#b7 after all points of 
order under subsection 7a7 have been    
disposed of-- 7,a7 the ,senate shall    
proceed to consider the question of     
whether the ,senate shall recede from   
its amendment and concur with a further 
amendment1 or concur in the ,house      
amendment with a further amendment1 as  
the case may be1 which further amendment

 shall consist of only that portion of  
the conference report or ,house         
amendment1 as the case may be1 not so   
stricken2  7,b7 any such motion in the  
,senate shall be debatable under the    
same conditions as was the conference   
report or amendment between the ,houses2
 and  7,c7 in any case in which such    
point of order is sustained against a   
conference report 7or ,senate amendment 
derived from such conference report by  
operation of this subsection71 no       
further amendment shall be in order4    
7c7 ,waiver2 appeal ,a point of order   
under subsection 7a7 may be waived only 
by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of 
the ,members of the ,senate1 duly chosen
 and sworn4 ,an affirmative vote of     
two-thirds of the ,members of the       
,senate1 duly chosen and sworn1 shall be
 required to sustain an appeal of the   
ruling of the ,chair on a point of order
 raised under subsection 7a74  7d7      
,definitions  7#a7 ,earmark ,for the    
purpose of this section1 the term       

earmark means a provision or report     
language-- 7,a7 included primarily at   
the request of a ,senator or ,member of 
the ,house of ,representatives that     
provides1 authorizes1 or recommends 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 that-- 
7i7 provides a ,federal tax deduction1  
credit1 exclusion1 or preference to a   
particular beneficiary or limited group 
of 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,c7 that modifies the   
,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of the    

,united ,states in a manner that        
benefits ten or fewer entities4  7#b7   
,determination by the ,senate ,in the   
event the ,chair is unable to ascertain 
whether a provision with respect to     
which a ,senator raises a point of order
 under subsection 7a7 constitutes an    
earmark1 the question of whether the    
provision constitutes an earmark shall  
be submitted to the ,senate and be      
decided without debate4  7e7            
,application ,this section shall not    
apply to any authorization of           
appropriations to a ,federal entity if  
such authorization is not specifically  
targeted to a ,state1 locality1 or      
congressional district4