S.Amdt. 4811

SA 4811. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING EARMARKS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act may be expended to fund an earmark. Any account in this Act from which an earmark is made shall be reduced by an amount equal to any such earmark.

(b) Earmark Defined.--The term “earmark” means a congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate or a congressional earmark as defined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.