[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 182 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 182

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 and its shell companies which have been given new names.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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 and its shell companies which have been given new names.

    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 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.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``covered 
        organization'' means the Association of Community Organizations 
        for Reform Now (in this subsection referred to as ``ACORN'') 
        and any ACORN-related affiliate, including the New York 
        Communities for Change, Affordable Housing Centers of America, 
        Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, New England 
        United for Justice, Arkansas Community Organizations, A 
        Community Voice, Missourians Organizing for Reform and 
        Empowerment, Organization United for Reform, Minnesota 
        Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, Pennsylvania Communities 
        Organizing for Change, Social Justice, Inc, the Texas 
        Organizing Project, and the Texas Organizing Project Education 
        Fund.
            (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.
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