[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4434 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4434

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban on 
the making of contributions by certain government contractors to other 
    for-profit recipients of Federal funds, to limit the amount of 
 contributions the employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds 
may make during any calendar year in which such funds are provided, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2010

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban on 
the making of contributions by certain government contractors to other 
    for-profit recipients of Federal funds, to limit the amount of 
 contributions the employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds 
may make during any calendar year in which such funds are provided, 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 ``End Political Kickbacks Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTION BAN TO FOR-
              PROFIT RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 317 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441c) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (c) and (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) It shall be unlawful--
            ``(1) for any for-profit entity which receives Federal 
        funds, during the period which begins on the date on which the 
        entity applies to receive such funds and ends on the later of 
        the date on which the entity's application for such funds is 
        rejected or the last date on which such funds are paid to the 
        entity, to make any contribution of money or other thing of 
        value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make any such 
        contribution to any political party, committee, or candidate 
        for public office or to any person for any political purpose or 
        use; or
            ``(2) for any person knowingly to solicit any such 
        contribution from any such entity, or for any such entity 
        knowingly to solicit any such contribution from any of its 
        employees, during such period.''.
    (b) Limitation on Amount of Contributions by Employees of 
Recipients.--
            (1) In general.--Section 315 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection 
                (i)'' and inserting ``subsections (i) and (k)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(k) Special Rule for Employees of For-Profit Entities Receiving 
Federal Funds.--An individual who is an employee of a for-profit entity 
which receives Federal funds during a calendar year may not make 
contributions aggregating more than $1,000 during that calendar 
year.''.
            (2) Indexing of amount for inflation.--Section 315(c) of 
        such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``or (h)'' 
                and inserting ``(h), or (k)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        clause (i),
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end of 
                        clause (ii) and inserting ``; and'', and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new clause:
                    ``(iii) for purposes of subsection (k), calendar 
                year 2010.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to contributions made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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