S 282 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Orphan Earmarks Act

Introduced Feb 3, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Coburn R-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 3, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 3, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2011 to Mar 29, 2011, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AK	Mark Begich	Original	Feb 3, 2011
D-WI	Herb Kohl		Feb 10, 2011
R-AZ	John McCain		Feb 10, 2011
R-UT	Mike Lee		Feb 10, 2011
R-NC	Richard Burr		Feb 10, 2011
D-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		Feb 14, 2011
D-MO	Claire McCaskill		Feb 17, 2011
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Feb 17, 2011
D-CO	Mark Udall		Mar 3, 2011
D-MT	Jon Tester		Mar 29, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 3, 2011Introduced in Senate
Feb 3, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 633	Orphan Earmarks Act of 2011	Related bill	Feb 18, 2011
HR 638	STAY PUT Act of 2011	Related bill	Feb 10, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

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Feb 3, 2011Introduced in Senate

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