1 This report outlines the administrative responsibilities relating to earmark disclosure contained in House rules. It does not discuss earmark-related responsibilities required by either party’s conference or caucus, or those that may be adopted by individual committees. For information regarding administrative duties associated with Senate earmark disclosure rules, see CRS Report RS22867, Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements, by Megan Suzanne Lynch. For further information on the rules governing congressional earmarks, (continued…) Order Code RS22866

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CRS-2 (…continued) see CRS Report RL34462, Earmark Reform: Comparison of New House and Senate Procedural Rules, by Sandy Streeter. 2 For the purposes of this report, from this point forward the term “earmark” includes any congressional earmark, limited tax benefit or limited tariff benefit. 3 U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson’s Manual, and Rules of the House of representatives of the United States, 110th Congress, H.

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