[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6569 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6569

  To prohibit the Federal Government from providing compensation with 
                     regard to surveys or mailings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2012

  Mr. Tipton 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 providing compensation with 
                     regard to surveys or mailings.

    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 ``Survey Savings Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.

    An executive agency may not provide to an individual compensation 
that is--
     (a) included with a survey or mailing to encourage the individual 
to return the survey or mailing; or
    (b) in exchange for a response to a survey or mailing.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
     (a) Executive Agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Mailing.--The term ``mailing'' means any newsletter, or other 
piece of mail with substantially identical content, sent by an 
executive agency to more than 2 recipients with the intent of--
            (1) gathering information for use by such executive agency;
            (2) informing the public of such executive agency action; 
        or
            (3) encouraging support for action by such executive 
        agency.
    (c) Survey.--The term ``survey'' means any questionnaire designed 
to gather information from the public for use by an executive agency.
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