US Congress Senate Bill 282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on February 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds any earmark of funds provided for any federal agency with more than 90% of the appropriated amount remaining available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the agency head to delay any such rescission if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the following 12-month period. Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of each fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall report a listing and accounting for such earmarks to Congress and to the public via the OMB website.

Orphan Earmarks Act

Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

HB633 (Related) 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management .
HB638 (Related) 2011-02-10 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/282/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s282/BILLS-112s282is.pdf