[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3427 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3427


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2010

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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 
2010''.

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 transportation department shall 
not be considered to have violated a requirement of this section solely 
because the State in which that State transportation department is 
located, or a local government within that State, has in effect a law 
or an order that limits the amount of money an individual or entity 
that is doing business with a State or local agency with respect to a 
Federal-aid highway project may contribute to a political party, 
campaign, or elected official.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.