[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2340 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2340

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2013

Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Foster, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform, 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 ``State Ethics Law Protection Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. PAY TO PLAY REFORM.

    Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Pay To Play Reform.--A State transportation department shall 
not be considered to have violated a requirement of this section solely 
because the State in which that State transportation department is 
located, or a local government within that State, has in effect a law 
or an order that limits the amount of money an individual or entity 
that is doing business with a State or local agency with respect to a 
Federal-aid highway project may contribute to a political party, 
campaign, candidate, or elected official.''.
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