[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 439 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 439

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that certain States 
               remain eligible for Federal highway funds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

  Mr. Pascrell (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
  Andrews, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Rothman) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that certain States 
               remain eligible for Federal highway funds.

    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 ``Pay to Play Reform Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PAY TO PLAY REFORM.

    Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
prohibit a State from enacting a law or issuing an order that limits 
the amount of money an individual, who is doing business with a State 
agency for a Federal-aid highway project, may contribute to a political 
campaign.''.
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