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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘Protect Taxpayers 

5 From ACORN Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER 

2 ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IN3 DICTED ORGANIZATIONS. 

4 (a) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any covered or5 ganization, the following prohibitions apply: 

6 (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative 

7 agreement, or any other form of agreement (includ8 ing a memorandum of understanding) may be 

9 awarded to or entered into with the organization. 

10 (2) No Federal funds in any other form may be 

11 provided to the organization. 

12 (3) No Federal employee or contractor may 

13 promote in any way (including recommending to a 

14 person or referring to a person for any purpose) the 

15 organization. 

16 (b) COVERED ORGANIZATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 

18 ‘‘covered organization’’ means the Association of 

19 Community Organizations for Reform Now (in this 

20 subsection referred to as ‘‘ACORN’’) and any 

21 ACORN-related affiliate, including the New York 

22 Communities for Change, Affordable Housing Cen23 ters of America, Alliance of Californians for Commu24 nity Empowerment, New England United for Jus25 tice, Arkansas Community Organizations, A Com26 munity Voice, Missourians Organizing for Reform 


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1 and Empowerment, Organization United for Reform, 

2 Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, 

3 Pennsylvania Communities Organizing for Change, 

4 Social Justice, Inc, the Texas Organizing Project, 

5 and the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund. 

6 (2) ACORN-RELATED AFFILIATE.—The term 

7 ‘‘ACORN-related affiliate’’ means any of the fol8 lowing: 

9 (A) Any State chapter of ACORN reg10 istered with the Secretary of State’s office in 

11 that State. 

12 (B) Any organization that shares directors 

13 or employees with ACORN. 

14 (C) Any organization that has a financial 

15 stake in ACORN. 

16 (D) Any organization whose finances, 

17 whether federally funded, donor-funded, or 

18 raised through organizational goods and serv19 ices, are shared or controlled by ACORN. 

20 (c) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA21 TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall 

22 amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to carry out the 

23 provisions of this Act relating to contracts. 

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