[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3427 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3427

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2009

 Mr. Quigley 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 protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Ethics Law Protection Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. PAY TO PLAY REFORM.

    Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Pay To Play Reform.--A State shall not be considered to have 
violated a requirement of this section solely because the State has in 
effect a law or an order that limits the amount of money an individual, 
who is doing business with a State agency with respect to a Federal-aid 
highway project, may contribute to a political campaign.''.
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