Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/783

 121 STAT. 762

Statement. Certification.

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Public information. Internet.

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PUBLIC LAW 110–81—SEPT. 14, 2007

or other similar means, including the name of each Senator who submitted a request to the committee for each item so identified. Availability on the Internet of a committee report that contains the information described in this subparagraph shall satisfy the requirements of this subparagraph. ‘‘(c) To the extent technically feasible, information made available on publicly accessible congressional websites under paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be provided in a searchable format. ‘‘5. For the purpose of this rule— ‘‘(a) the term ‘congressionally directed spending item’ means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Senator providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process; ‘‘(b) the term ‘limited tax benefit’ means— ‘‘(1) any revenue provision that— ‘‘(A) provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or preference to a particular beneficiary or limited group of beneficiaries under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and ‘‘(B) contains eligibility criteria that are not uniform in application with respect to potential beneficiaries of such provision; ‘‘(c) the term ‘limited tariff benefit’ means a provision modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities; and ‘‘(d) except as used in subparagraph 8(e), the term ‘item’ when not preceded by ‘congressionally directed spending’ means any provision that is a congressionally directed spending item, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit. ‘‘6. (a) A Senator who requests a congressionally directed spending item, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) or in any conference report (or an accompanying joint statement of managers) shall provide a written statement to the chairman and ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction, including— ‘‘(1) the name of the Senator; ‘‘(2) in the case of a congressionally directed spending item, the name and location of the intended recipient or, if there is no specifically intended recipient, the intended location of the activity; ‘‘(3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff benefit, identification of the individual or entities reasonably anticipated to benefit, to the extent known to the Senator; ‘‘(4) the purpose of such congressionally directed spending item or limited tax or tariff benefit; and ‘‘(5) a certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator’s immediate family has a pecuniary interest in the item, consistent with the requirements of paragraph 9. ‘‘(b) With respect to each item included in a Senate bill or joint resolution (or accompanying report) reported by committee or considered by the Senate, or included in a conference report (or joint statement of managers accompanying the conference report)

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