To prohibit funds from being used for earmarks.

SA 4990. Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Toomey,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr.
Lankford, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Barrasso, and Mrs. Blackburn) proposed an
amendment to the bill H.R. 2471, to measure the progress of post-
disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule
of law, and media freedoms in Haiti; as follows:

At the end of the matter preceding division A, add the
following:

SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of any
division of this Act, none of the funds made available under
any division of this Act may be used to implement any
earmark, Community Project Funding, or Congressionally
Directed Spending specified in any provision of any division
of this Act or in the explanatory statement described in
section 4.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall
prevent funds allocated for any earmark, Community Project
Funding, or Congressionally Directed Spending included in any
division of this Act or in the tables contained in the
explanatory statement described in section 4 from being
awarded under a merit-based process under existing law.
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