Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 - Amends rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill unless: (1) a list of all earmarks in it, the names of the requestors, and a short justification for each earmark are available to all Members, and made available to the general public on the Internet, for at least 72 hours before its consideration; (2) all earmarks are contained in the text of the bill and not incorporated by reference or directed in the committee report; and (3) all earmarks are germane to the bill.
Permits waiver of such prohibition only by two-thirds of the Members.
Amends rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) to prohibit a Member of the Senate from: (1) advocating inclusion of an earmark in any bill or joint resolution (or its accompanying report) or in any conference report on such legislation (including an accompanying joint statement of managers) if the Member has a financial interest in the earmark; or (2) conditioning the inclusion of language to provide funding for an earmark in such legislation (or its accompanying report or joint statement of managers) on any vote cast by the Member in whose state the project will be carried out.
Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan to file a mandatory disclosure report containing: (1) the name of any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such federal funding; and (2) the amount of money paid.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2261
To provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 8, 2006
Mr. Obama introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
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A BILL
To provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency and Integrity in
Earmarks Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. EARMARKS.
Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``8.(a) In this paragraph, the term `earmark' means a provision
that requires or permits the obligation or expenditure of any amount
appropriated for the benefit of an identifiable person, program,
project, entity, or jurisdiction by earmarking or other specification,
whether by name or description, in a manner that--
``(1) discriminates against other persons, programs,
projects, entities, or jurisdictions similarly situated that
would be eligible, but for the requirement or permission, for
the amount appropriated; or
``(2) applies only to a single identifiable person,
program, project, entity, or jurisdiction, unless the
identifiable person, program, project, entity, or jurisdiction
is described or otherwise clearly identified in a law or Treaty
stipulation (or an Act or resolution previously passed by the
Senate during the same session or in the estimate submitted in
accordance with law).
``(b) No appropriation bill shall be considered unless--
``(1) a list of all earmarks in such bill and the name of
the requestor and a short justification for each earmark are
available to all Members and made available to the general
public by means of the Internet for at least 72 hours before
its consideration;
``(2) all earmarks are contained in the text of the bill
and not incorporated by reference or directed in the committee
report; and
``(3) all earmarks are germane to the bill.
``(c) This paragraph may only be waived by \2/3\ of Members, duly
chosen and sworn.''.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ADVOCATING FOR EARMARK IN WHICH THERE EXISTS A
FINANCIAL INTEREST.
Rule XXXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``12. No Member of the Senate may advocate to include an earmark in
any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) or in any
conference report on a bill or joint resolution (including an
accompanying joint statement of managers thereto) if the Member has a
financial interest in such earmark.''.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON BUYING VOTES.
Rule XXXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``13. No Member of the Senate shall condition the inclusion of
language to provide funding for an earmark in any bill or joint
resolution (or an accompanying report thereof) or in any conference
report on a bill or joint resolution (including an accompanying joint
statement of managers thereto) on any vote cast by the Member of the
Senate in whose State the project will be carried out.''.
SEC. 5. LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by adding after
section 5 the following:
``SEC. 5A. REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
``(a) In General.--A recipient of Federal funds shall file a report
as required by section 5(a) containing--
``(1) the name of any lobbyist registered under this Act to
whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of the Federal
funding received by the recipient; and
``(2) the amount of money paid as described in paragraph
(1).
``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `recipient of Federal
funds' means the recipient of Federal funds constituting an award,
grant, or loan.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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