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MOTION TO RECOMMIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS

Ml. lllll moves to recommit the bill H.R.

3221 to the Committee on Education and Labor with in-
structions to report the same back to the House forth-
with, with the following amendment:

Add at the end the following new title (and conform

the table of contents accordingly):

1 TITLE VI—DEFUND ACORN ACT

2 SECTION 601. SHORT TITLE.

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Defund ACORN Act’’.

4 SEC. 602. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER

5 ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IN-

6 DICTED ORGANIZATIONS.

7 (a) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any covered or-

8 ganization, the following prohibitions apply:
9 (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative
10 agreement, or any other form of agreement (includ-
11 ing a memorandum of understanding) may be
12 awarded to or entered into with the organization.
13 (2) No Federal funds in any other form may be
14 provided to the organization.

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1 (3) No Federal employee or contractor may
2 promote in any way (including recommending to a
3 person or referring to a person for any purpose) the
4 organization.
5 (b) COVERED ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the
6 term ‘‘covered organization’’ means any of the following:
7 (1) Any organization that has been indicted for
8 a violation under any Federal or State law governing
9 the financing of a campaign for election for public
10 office or any law governing the administration of an
11 election for public office, including a law relating to
12 voter registration.
13 (2) Any organization that had its State cor-
14 porate charter terminated due to its failure to com-
15 ply with Federal or State lobbying disclosure re-
16 quirements.
17 (3) Any organization that has filed a fraudulent
18 form with any Federal or State regulatory agency.
19 (4) Any organization that—
20 (A) employs any applicable individual, in a
21 permanent or temporary capacity;
22 (B) has under contract or retains any ap-
23 plicable individual; or

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1 (C) has any applicable individual acting on
2 the organization’s behalf or with the express or
3 apparent authority of the organization.
4 (c) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
5 (1) The term ‘‘organization’’ includes the Asso-
6 ciation of Community Organizations for Reform
7 Now (in this subsection referred to as ‘‘ACORN’’)
8 and any ACORN-related affiliate.
9 (2) The term ‘‘ACORN-related affiliate’’ means
10 any of the following:
11 (A) Any State chapter of ACORN reg-
12 istered with the Secretary of State’s office in
13 that State.
14 (B) Any organization that shares directors,
15 employees, or independent contractors with
16 ACORN.
17 (C) Any organization that has a financial
18 stake in ACORN.
19 (D) Any organization whose finances,
20 whether federally funded, donor-funded, or
21 raised through organizational goods and serv-
22 ices, are shared or controlled by ACORN.
23 (3) The term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an
24 individual who has been indicted for a violation

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1 under Federal or State law relating to an election
2 for Federal or State office.
3 (d) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
4 TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re-
5 vised to carry out the provisions of this title relating to
6 contracts.
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