US Congress House Bill 4715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-22 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Orphan Earmarks Act - Rescinds all unobligated amounts of funds earmarked for the Department of Transportation (DOT) if more than 90% of the dollar amount of that earmark remains available for obligation at the end of the 9th fiscal year after it was first made available. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to delay any such rescission for one year if an additional obligation of the earmark is likely to occur during the 10th fiscal year after it was first made available. Requires each agency head to identify and report every project that is an earmark with an unobligated balance at the end of a 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. James Lankford [R-OK]

Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-22	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2014-05-22	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2014-05-22	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2014-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB2370 (Same As) 2014-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4715/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4715/BILLS-113hr4715ih.pdf