[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3571 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3571

To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts, grants, or 
other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging 
       in activities that promote certain indicted organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2009

    Mr. Boehner (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Pence, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
   Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
 Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of 
   Utah, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bonner, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. 
 Boozman, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, 
    Mr. Camp, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carter, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Coffman of 
Colorado, Mr. Cole, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, 
Mr. Dent, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Fallin, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
    Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
   Gerlach, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. Granger, Mr. Graves, Mr. Harper, Mr. 
  Heller, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Herger, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
    Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. King of New York, Mr. 
     Kingston, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
 LaTourette, Mr. Latta, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Lewis of California, 
 Mr. Linder, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Daniel E. 
Lungren of California, Mr. Mack, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCaul, Mr. McCarthy 
 of California, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
 McKeon, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Moran of 
 Kansas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Olson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Petri, 
   Mr. Platts, Mr. Posey, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rogers of 
 Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Royce, Mr. Scalise, 
   Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith of 
Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Terry, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Turner, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walden, Mr. Wamp, 
  Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Wolf, Mr. Young of Florida, and Mrs. Biggert) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts, grants, or 
other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging 
       in activities that promote certain indicted organizations.

    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 ``Defund ACORN Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT 
              TO CERTAIN INDICTED ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Prohibitions.--With respect to any covered organization, the 
following prohibitions apply:
            (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
        any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of 
        understanding) may be awarded to or entered into with the 
        organization.
            (2) No Federal funds in any other form may be provided to 
        the organization.
            (3) No Federal employee or contractor may promote in any 
        way (including recommending to a person or referring to a 
        person for any purpose) the organization.
    (b) Covered Organization.--In this section, the term ``covered 
organization'' means any of the following:
            (1) Any organization that has been indicted for a violation 
        under any Federal or State law governing the financing of a 
        campaign for election for public office or any law governing 
        the administration of an election for public office, including 
        a law relating to voter registration.
            (2) Any organization that had its State corporate charter 
        terminated due to its failure to comply with Federal or State 
        lobbying disclosure requirements.
            (3) Any organization that has filed a fraudulent form with 
        any Federal or State regulatory agency.
            (4) 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.
    (c) Additional Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``organization'' includes the Association of 
        Community Organizations for Reform Now (in this subsection 
        referred to as ``ACORN'') and any ACORN-related affiliate.
            (2) The term ``ACORN-related affiliate'' means any of the 
        following:
                    (A) Any State chapter of ACORN registered with the 
                Secretary of State's office in that State.
                    (B) Any organization that shares directors, 
                employees, or independent contractors with ACORN.
                    (C) Any organization that has a financial stake in 
                ACORN.
                    (D) Any organization whose finances, whether 
                federally funded, donor-funded, or raised through 
                organizational goods and services, are shared or 
                controlled by ACORN.
            (3) 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.
    (d) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation.--The Federal 
Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to carry out the provisions of 
this Act relating to contracts.
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