[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 577 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 577


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2002

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that 
     is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 
  maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential 
   archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential 
 archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds 
                    raised, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO DISCLOSE SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OF FUNDS RAISED 
              FOR PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORY.

    (a) In General.--Section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) Any organization that is established for the purpose of 
raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting 
activities at a Presidential archival depository or any facilities 
relating to a Presidential archival depository, shall submit to the 
Administration, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate on an annual basis, by not later than the applicable date 
specified in paragraph (2), information with respect to every 
contributor who, during the year--
            ``(A) with respect to a Presidential archival depository of 
        a President who currently holds the Office of President or for 
        which the Archivist has not accepted, taken title to, or 
        entered into an agreement to use any land or facility, gave the 
        organization a contribution or contributions (whether monetary 
        or in-kind) totaling $200 or more for the year; or
            ``(B) with respect to a Presidential archival depository of 
        a President who no longer holds the Office of President and for 
        which the Archivist has accepted, taken title to, or entered 
        into an agreement to use any land or facility, gave the 
        organization a contribution or contributions (whether monetary 
        or in-kind) totaling $5000 or more for the year.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable date--
            ``(A) with respect to information required under paragraph 
        (1)(A), shall be January 31 of each year; and
            ``(B) with respect to information required under paragraph 
        (1)(B), shall be May 31 of each year.
    ``(3) As used in this subsection, the term `information' means the 
following:
            ``(A) The amount or value of each contribution made by a 
        contributor referred to in paragraph (1) in the year covered by 
        the submission.
            ``(B) The source of each such contribution, and the address 
        of the entity or individual that is the source of the 
        contribution.
            ``(C) If the source of such a contribution is an 
        individual, the occupation of the individual.
            ``(D) The date of each such contribution.
    ``(4) The Archivist shall make available to the public through the 
Internet (or a successor technology readily available to the public) 
any information that is submitted in accordance with paragraph (1).
    ``(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who makes a 
contribution described in paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully 
submit false material information or omit material information with 
respect to the contribution to an organization described in such 
paragraph.
    ``(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall apply with respect to a violation of subparagraph 
(A) in the same manner as a violation described in such section.
    ``(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any organization described in 
paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully submit false material 
information or omit material information under such paragraph.
    ``(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall apply with respect to a violation of subparagraph 
(A) in the same manner as a violation described in such section.
    ``(7)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and 
willfully--
            ``(i) make a contribution described in paragraph (1) in the 
        name of another person;
            ``(ii) permit his or her name to be used to effect a 
        contribution described in paragraph (1); or
            ``(iii) accept a contribution described in paragraph (1) 
        that is made by one person in the name of another person.
    ``(B) The penalties set forth in section 309(d) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) shall apply to a 
violation of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as if such violation 
were a violation of section 316(b)(3) of such Act.
    ``(8) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations for the purpose of 
carrying out this subsection.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 2112(h) of title 44, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a))--
            (1) shall apply to an organization established for the 
        purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, 
        or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository 
        or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival 
        depository before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (2) shall only apply with respect to contributions (whether 
        monetary or in-kind) made after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.