Section 1 Short title
This resolution may be cited as the “Responsible Environmental Preservation and American Infrastructure Restoration Resolution” or the “REPAIR Resolution”.
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude certain provisions relating to water resources development projects of the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation from the definition of congressional earmark, and for other purposes.
RESOLUTION
Sec. 2 Exclusion of certain water resources development projects from definition of congressional earmark
Clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—
by striking “(e) For the purpose” and inserting “(e)(1) For the purpose”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) For the purpose of this clause, the term “congressional earmark” does not include a provision or report language described in subparagraph (1) if the provision or report language provides, authorizes, or recommends an amount of discretionary budget authority for a project of the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation.”