[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 775 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 775

To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that 
     is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 
  maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential 
   archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential 
 archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds 
                    raised, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2011

 Mr. Duncan of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. 
    Jones) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that 
     is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 
  maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential 
   archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential 
 archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds 
                    raised, 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. REQUIREMENT TO DISCLOSE SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OF FUNDS RAISED 
              FOR PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORY.

    (a) In General.--Section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) Any organization that is established for the purpose of 
raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting 
activities at a Presidential archival depository or any facilities 
relating to a Presidential archival depository shall submit to the 
Administration, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate on an annual basis, by not later 
than the applicable date specified in paragraph (2), information with 
respect to every contributor who, during the year covered by the 
submission, with respect to a Presidential archival depository of a 
President who currently holds the Office of President or for which the 
Archivist has not accepted, taken title to, or entered into an 
agreement to use any land or facility, gave the organization a 
contribution or contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling 
$200 or more for the year.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable date for a 
submission of information under that paragraph is January 31 of the 
year following the year covered by the submission.
    ``(3) As used in this subsection, the term `information' means the 
following:
            ``(A) The amount or value of each contribution made by a 
        contributor referred to in paragraph (1) in the year covered by 
        the submission.
            ``(B) The source of each such contribution, and the address 
        of the entity or individual that is the source of the 
        contribution.
            ``(C) If the source of such a contribution is an 
        individual, the occupation of the individual.
            ``(D) The date of each such contribution.
    ``(4) The Archivist shall make available to the public through the 
Internet (or a successor technology readily available to the public) 
any information that is submitted in accordance with paragraph (1).
    ``(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who makes a 
contribution described in paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully 
submit false material information or omit material information with 
respect to the contribution to an organization described in such 
paragraph.
    ``(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall apply with respect to a violation of subparagraph 
(A) in the same manner as a violation described in such section.
    ``(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any organization described in 
paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully submit false material 
information or omit material information under such paragraph.
    ``(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall apply with respect to a violation of subparagraph 
(A) in the same manner as a violation described in such section.
    ``(7)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and 
willfully--
            ``(i) make a contribution described in paragraph (1) in the 
        name of another person;
            ``(ii) permit his or her name to be used to effect a 
        contribution described in paragraph (1); or
            ``(iii) accept a contribution described in paragraph (1) 
        that is made by one person in the name of another person.
    ``(B) The penalties set forth in section 309(d) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) shall apply to a 
violation of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as if such violation 
were a violation of section 316(b)(3) of such Act.
    ``(8) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations for the purpose of 
carrying out this subsection.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 2112(h) of title 44, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a))--
            (1) shall apply to an organization established for the 
        purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, 
        or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository 
        or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival 
        depository before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (2) shall only apply with respect to contributions (whether 
        monetary or in-kind) made after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
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