[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2154 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2154

 To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for an 
 additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or 
 local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2009

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for an 
 additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or 
 local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1503 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Section''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) Section 1502(a)(3) does not prohibit any State or local 
officer or employee from being a candidate for any office of any local 
unit of general purpose government which has a population of less than 
100,000 (determined in accordance with regulations under section 
1302(d) based on the most recent population data available under 
section 183(a) of title 13).
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `local unit of 
general purpose government' has the meaning given such term by section 
184 of title 13.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) The heading for 
section 1503 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
``and certain other'' before ``candidacies permitted''.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 15 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1503 and 
inserting the following:

``1503. Nonpartisan and certain other candidacies permitted.''.
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