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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 389 

To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009 from being used for physical signage indicating that a project 

is funded by such Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 20, 2011 

Mr. SCHOCK (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. BURTON of 

Indiana, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of 

California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from being used for physical signage indicating that a project is funded by such Act, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End the Stimulus Ad5 vertisement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

2 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 

4 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115 et seq.) 

5 may be used for physical signage indicating that a project 

6 is funded by such Act. 

7 SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under appropriations Acts pro9 viding funds for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the 

10 total amount available for obligation for administrative ex11 penses of an affected agency shall be the amount that 

12 would otherwise be available, reduced by 50 percent of the 

13 amount reported to have been expended under subsection 

14 (b). 

15 (b) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Not later than 

16 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head 

17 of each affected agency shall submit to the Office of Man18 agement and Budget a report containing a determination 

19 of the amount of funds expended before the date of enact20 ment of this Act, if any, by the agency, or any grantee 

21 or other recipient of assistance from the agency, for phys22 ical signage indicating that a project was funded by the 

23 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

24 Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115 et seq.). 

25 (c) ALLOCATION.—The Director of the Office of 

26 Management and Budget shall determine the allocation of 


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1 the reduction required under subsection (a) among the ac2 counts, and programs, projects, and activities within the 

3 accounts, of each affected agency. 

4 (d) REPORT.—In each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 

5 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

6 shall submit to Congress a report containing information 

7 regarding the allocations of reductions determined under 

8 subsection (c). 

9 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—The head of each affected agen10 cy shall deposit each amount of reduction determined 

11 under subsection (c) in the general fund of the Treasury 

12 for purposes of deficit reduction. 

13 (f) AFFECTED AGENCY DEFINED.—For the purposes 

14 of this section, an affected agency is an executive agency, 

15 as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, 

16 that received funding under the American Recovery and 

17 Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 

18 115 et seq.). 

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