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Shown Here: Introduced in House (09/15/2009)
111th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 3571
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding
contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds
to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted
organizations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 15, 2009
Mr. Boehner (for
himself, Mr. Cantor,
Mr. Pence,
Mr. Issa, Mr. Aderholt, Mr.
Akin, Mr. Alexander,
Mrs. Bachmann,
Mr. Bachus,
Mr. Barrett of South Carolina,
Mr. Bartlett,
Mr. Bilirakis,
Mr. Bishop of Utah,
Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Bonner,
Mrs. Bono Mack,
Mr. Boozman,
Mr. Boustany,
Mr. Brady of Texas,
Mr. Broun of Georgia,
Mr. Brown of South Carolina,
Mr. Burton of Indiana,
Mr. Buyer,
Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Camp, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Carter, Mr. Chaffetz,
Mr. Coffman of Colorado,
Mr. Cole, Mr. Conaway, Mr.
Culberson, Mr. Davis of
Kentucky, Mr. Dent,
Mr. Dreier,
Mr. Duncan,
Mr. Ehlers,
Ms. Fallin,
Ms. Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Gallegly,
Mr. Garrett of New Jersey,
Mr. Gerlach,
Mr. Goodlatte,
Ms. Granger,
Mr. Graves,
Mr. Harper,
Mr. Heller,
Mr. Hensarling,
Mr. Herger,
Mr. Inglis,
Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas,
Mr. Jones,
Mr. Jordan of Ohio,
Mr. King of New York,
Mr. Kingston,
Mr. Kline of Minnesota,
Mr. Lamborn,
Mr. Lance,
Mr. LaTourette,
Mr. Latta,
Mr. Lee of New York,
Mr. Lewis of California,
Mr. Linder,
Mr. LoBiondo,
Mr. Luetkemeyer,
Mrs. Lummis,
Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California,
Mr. Mack, Mr. Marchant, Mr.
McCaul, Mr. McCarthy of
California, Mr. McCotter,
Mrs. McMorris Rodgers,
Mr. McHenry,
Mr. McKeon,
Mr. Miller of Florida,
Mrs. Miller of Michigan,
Mr. Moran of Kansas,
Mrs. Myrick,
Mr. Neugebauer,
Mr. Olson,
Mr. Paul, Mr. Petri, Mr.
Platts, Mr. Posey,
Mr. Putnam,
Mr. Radanovich,
Mr. Rogers of Alabama,
Mr. Rogers of Kentucky,
Mr. Roskam,
Mr. Royce,
Mr. Scalise,
Mr. Sessions,
Mr. Shimkus,
Mr. Shuster,
Mr. Simpson,
Mr. Smith of Texas,
Mr. Souder,
Mr. Sullivan,
Mr. Terry,
Mr. Tiberi,
Mr. Tiahrt,
Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Turner,
Mr. Upton,
Mr. Walden,
Mr. Wamp, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield, Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.
Wolf, Mr. Young of
Florida, and Mrs. Biggert)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
A BILL
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding
contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds
to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted
organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
“Defund ACORN
Act”.
SEC. 2.Prohibitions on
Federal funds and other activities with respect to certain indicted
organizations.
(a) Prohibitions.—With respect to any covered organization,
the following prohibitions apply:
(1) No Federal
contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or any other form of agreement
(including a memorandum of understanding) may be awarded to or entered into
with the organization.
(2) No Federal funds
in any other form may be provided to the organization.
(3) No Federal
employee or contractor may promote in any way (including recommending to a
person or referring to a person for any purpose) the organization.
(b) Covered
organization.—In this section,
the term “covered organization” means any of the following:
(1) Any organization
that has been indicted for a violation under any Federal or State law governing
the financing of a campaign for election for public office or any law governing
the administration of an election for public office, including a law relating
to voter registration.
(2) Any organization
that had its State corporate charter terminated due to its failure to comply
with Federal or State lobbying disclosure requirements.
(3) Any organization
that has filed a fraudulent form with any Federal or State regulatory
agency.
(4) Any organization
that—
(A) employs any
applicable individual, in a permanent or temporary capacity;
(B) has under contract
or retains any applicable individual; or
(C) has any applicable
individual acting on the organization’s behalf or with the express or apparent
authority of the organization.
(c) Additional
definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term
“organization” includes the Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now (in this subsection referred to as “ACORN”) and any
ACORN-related affiliate.
(2) The term
“ACORN-related affiliate” means any of the following:
(A) Any State chapter
of ACORN registered with the Secretary of State’s office in that State.
(B) Any organization
that shares directors, employees, or independent contractors with ACORN.
(C) Any organization
that has a financial stake in ACORN.
(D) Any organization
whose finances, whether federally funded, donor-funded, or raised through
organizational goods and services, are shared or controlled by ACORN.
(3) The term
“applicable individual” means an individual who has been indicted
for a violation under Federal or State law relating to an election for Federal
or State office.
(d) Revision of
Federal Acquisition Regulation.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation
shall be revised to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to
contracts.