To limit disclosures regarding earmarks.

SA 3428. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA3411 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes;
as follows:

On page 2, after line 13, add the following:

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS.

(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``congressional earmark'' has the meaning
given that term in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the term ``disclosure'' means a mention or reference in
any communications sent from the official office of a Member
of Congress, any debate of a bill other than this Act in a
congressional committee or on the

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floor of the Senate or the House of Representatives, any
media interview or appearance, any public speaking
engagement, or any public communications pursuant to a
political campaign.
(b) Limitation.--Funds provided under any division of this
Act for a congressional earmark shall be rescinded if a
Member of Congress who requested and received the
congressional earmark makes a disclosure of the congressional
earmark outside of official debate of this Act in the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives or on the
floor of the Senate or the House of Representatives.
(c) Notice.--Not later than 15 days after the date on which
funds provided for any congressional earmark are rescinded
under subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency to which
the funds were made available shall notify the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives about the
rescission.
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