[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 192 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 192

  Expressing the sense of Congress that the Association of Community 
  Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) should lose its exemption from 
           taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2009

  Mr. Tiahrt submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress that the Association of Community 
  Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) should lose its exemption from 
           taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Whereas in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seven employees of the Association of 
        Community Organizations for Reform Now (commonly referred to as 
        ``ACORN'') were charged with filing hundreds of fraudulent voter 
        registrations before the 2008 elections;
Whereas in 2009 in West Reading, Pennsylvania, an ACORN employee was sentenced 
        to up to 23 months in prison for identity theft and tampering with 
        records;
Whereas in September 2009 in Miami, Florida, 11 former ACORN registration 
        canvassers were arrested on allegations that they had submitted nearly 
        200 falsified registration forms;
Whereas Washington State fined ACORN $25,000 after several employees were 
        convicted of voter registration fraud in 2007;
Whereas in 2007 four ACORN employees were indicted in Kansas City, Missouri, for 
        charges including identity theft and filing false registrations during 
        the 2006 election;
Whereas in Colorado in January 2005, two Colorado ACORN workers were sentenced 
        to community service for submitting false voter registrations;
Whereas in Ohio in 2004, four ACORN employees were indicted by a Federal grand 
        jury for submitting false voter registration forms;
Whereas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, election officials estimate that ACORN 
        submitted at least 1,500 fraudulent registrations in fall 2008;
Whereas Citizens Consulting, Inc., the umbrella group controlling ACORN, was 
        paid $832,000 by the Obama for America Campaign of 2008 for get-out-the-
        vote efforts;
Whereas several other jurisdictions have also had concerns about ACORN's 
        fraudulent voter registration procedures, and there are an estimated 14 
        ongoing investigations around the country;
Whereas most recently hidden camera investigations of ACORN offices in New York, 
        Baltimore, and Washington, District of Columbia showed workers giving 
        advice on how to evade taxes and conceal the nature of their illegal 
        business;
Whereas ACORN has received more than $53 million in direct funding from the 
        Federal Government since 1994; and
Whereas it is clear that ACORN has violated the spirit of entities afforded tax 
        exempt status and should no longer be considered as such: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (commonly referred to as ``ACORN'') should 
lose its exemption from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.
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