S.Amdt. 4665

SA 4665. Mr. DeMINT submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of May 2, 2008, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EARMARKS.

(a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a provision that proposes a congressional earmark of appropriated funds authorized by this Act.

(b) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section, the term “congressional earmark” means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator 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.

(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.