[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1751 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 173
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1751

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 the Association of Community Organizations 
   for Reform Now or any other entity which has been indicted for or 
 convicted of violations of laws governing election administration or 
                          campaign financing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 5, 2009

  Mr. Johanns (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Nebraska) introduced the 
             following bill; which was read the first time

                            October 6, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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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 the Association of Community Organizations 
   for Reform Now or any other entity which has been indicted for or 
 convicted of violations of laws governing election administration or 
                          campaign financing.

    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 ``Protect Taxpayers From 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 directly or 
        indirectly provided to the organization, including through any 
        State, any political subdivision of a State, or any other 
        recipient of Federal funds.
            (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.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``covered 
        organization'' means--
                    (A) the Association of Community Organizations for 
                Reform Now (in this subsection referred to as 
                ``ACORN'');
                    (B) any ACORN-related affiliate; and
                    (C) any organization which has a pending indictment 
                for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal 
                or State law governing--
                            (i) the financing of a campaign for an 
                        election for public office; or
                            (ii) the administration of an election for 
                        public office, including voter registration.
            (2) ACORN-related affiliate.--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 or 
                employees 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.
    (c) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation.--The Federal 
Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to 
contracts.
    (d) Annual Reports.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and April 1 of each year thereafter, the 
Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives identifying covered organizations to which 
this section applies.
                                                       Calendar No. 173

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1751

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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 the Association of Community Organizations 
   for Reform Now or any other entity which has been indicted for or 
 convicted of violations of laws governing election administration or 
                          campaign financing.

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                            October 6, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar