text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Earmark Transparency Act of 2010''.
  
  SEC. 2. UNIFIED AND SEARCHABLE DATABASE FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED 
                SPENDING ITEMS.
  
      (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
  is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
  
  ``unified and searchable database for congressionally directed spending 
                                   items
  
      ``Sec. 316.  (a) Establishment of Database.--Within six months 
  after the date of enactment of this section, the Clerk of the House of 
  Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall jointly establish 
  a searchable website, available to the public at no cost, listing all 
  requests by Members of Congress for congressionally directed spending 
  items.
      ``(b) Content.--The website established under subsection (a) shall 
  be comprised of a database including the following information for each 
  congressionally directed spending item requested by a Member of 
  Congress:
              ``(1) The fiscal year in which the item would be funded.
              ``(2) The number of the bill or joint resolution for which 
          the request is made, if available.
              ``(3) The amount of the initial request made by the Member 
          of Congress.
              ``(4) The amount approved by the committee of jurisdiction.
              ``(5) The amount carried in the bill or joint resolution 
          (or accompanying report) as passed by the House, as passed by 
          the Senate, and as transmitted to the President, as applicable.
              ``(6) The name of the department or agency, and the account 
          or program, through which the item will be funded.
              ``(7) The name and the State or district of the Member of 
          Congress who made the request.
              ``(8) The name and address of the intended recipient.
              ``(9) The type of organization (public, private nonprofit, 
          or private for profit entity) of the intended recipient.
              ``(10) The project name, description, and estimated 
          completion date.
              ``(11) A justification of the benefit to taxpayers.
              ``(12) Whether the request is for a continuing project and 
          if so, when funds were first appropriated for such project.
              ``(13) A description, if applicable, of all non-Federal 
          sources of funding.
              ``(14) Its current status in the legislative process, 
          including whether it was carried in any bill or joint 
          resolution (or accompanying report) passed by either House, 
          added in a committee of conference between the Houses (or joint 
          explanatory statement of managers) or in an amendment between 
          the Houses, or included in a bill or joint resolution enacted 
          into law, including any changes in the final dollar amount.
      ``(c) Accessibility of Data.--The website established under 
  subsection (a) shall allow the public to--
              ``(1) search, sort, and download all information in the 
          database in a machine-readable format;
              ``(2) ascertain through a single search, by individual 
          Member of Congress, the total number and dollar value of 
          congressionally directed spending items requested by that 
          Member and the total number and dollar value of such items 
          contained in bills or joint resolutions as passed by either 
          House or enacted into law by fiscal year;
              ``(3) search and aggregate data based on any category set 
          forth in subsection (b); and
              ``(4) access the website from the home page of the website 
          of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and of the 
          Secretary of the Senate.
      ``(d) Timeliness of Data.--(1) Within 5 calendar days of receipt of 
  a request for a congressionally directed spending item from a Member of 
  Congress, each committee of the House of Representatives and of the 
  Senate shall provide to the Clerk of the House of Representatives or 
  the Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, the initial information 
  regarding that request that is required under this section to be placed 
  on the website established under subsection (a). That committee shall 
  provide up-to-date information to the Clerk or Secretary, as 
  applicable.
      ``(2) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
  of the Senate shall post on the website established under subsection 
  (a) the information received under paragraph (1) within 2 calendar days 
  (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House 
  or Senate is in session on such a day).
      ``(e) Point of Order.--(1) It shall not be in order to consider any 
  bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
  thereon unless it meets the requirements of this section.
      ``(2) Subsections (c)(1) and (d)(2) of section 904 of the 
  Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are each amended by inserting `316, ' 
  after `313, '.
      ``(f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
              ``(1) the term `congressionally directed spending item' 
          means a provision or report language included primarily at the 
          request of a Member of Congress 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; and
              ``(2) the term `Member of Congress' means a Senator in, a 
          Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
          the Congress.''.
      (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
  section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
  1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the 
  following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 316. Unified and searchable database for congressionally 
                              directed spending items.''.
target: Earmark Transparency Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to establish jointly a free public searchable website, listing all requests by Members of Congress for congressionally directed spending items (congressional earmarks).
  
  
  
  Requires each congressional committee, within five calendar days of receipt of a request for a congressional earmark from a Member of Congress, to provide to the Clerk and the Secretary, as applicable, the initial required information regarding that request that is required to be placed on the website.
  
  Makes it out of order to consider any legislation unless it meets the requirements of this Act.
feat_title: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require Congress to establish a unified and searchable database on a public website for congressional earmarks.