[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2715 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2715

   To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 
providing any assistance to any organization that has been indicted for 
  a violation under Federal or State law relating to an election for 
                        Federal or State office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2009

 Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Price of 
     Georgia, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Kline of 
    Minnesota, Mr. Campbell, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Carter, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
  Boustany, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Olson, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
Marchant, Mr. Nunes, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Kingston, 
 Mr. Issa, Mr. Akin, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Burton of 
  Indiana, Ms. Fallin, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
Heller, Mr. Harper, Mr. Latta, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
  Platts, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 
providing any assistance to any organization that has been indicted for 
  a violation under Federal or State law relating to an election for 
                        Federal or State office.

    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 ``Taxpayer Protection and Anti-Fraud 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF HUD ASSISTANCE.

    The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 15. PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN INDICTED 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--No HUD financial assistance shall be 
distributed to--
            ``(1) any organization that has been indicted for a 
        violation under Federal or State law relating to an election 
        for Federal or State office; or
            ``(2) 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.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            ``(1) Applicable individual.--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.
            ``(2) HUD financial assistance.--The term `HUD financial 
        assistance' means any grant, loan, subsidy, guarantee, 
        insurance, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial 
        assistance, including any insurance or guarantee of a loan, 
        mortgage, or pool of mortgages, under a program administered by 
        the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.''.
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