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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1063

   To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on 
contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2019

  Mr. Cummings (for himself and Mr. Meadows) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on 
contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations, 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 ``Presidential Library Donation Reform 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Presidential Library Fundraising Organization Reporting 
Requirement.--
            ``(1) Reporting requirement.--Not later than 15 days after 
        the end of a calendar quarter and until the end of the 
        requirement period described in paragraph (2), each 
        Presidential library fundraising organization shall submit to 
        the Archivist information for that quarter in an electronic 
        searchable and sortable format with respect to every 
        contributor who gave the organization a contribution or 
        contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling $200 or 
        more for the quarterly period.
            ``(2) Duration of reporting requirement.--The requirement 
        to submit information under paragraph (1) shall continue until 
        the later of the following occurs:
                    ``(A) The Archivist has accepted, taken title to, 
                or entered into an agreement to use any land or 
                facility for the Presidential archival depository for 
                the President for whom the Presidential library 
                fundraising organization was established.
                    ``(B) The President whose archives are contained in 
                the deposit no longer holds the Office of President.
            ``(3) Information required to be published.--The Archivist 
        shall publish on the website of the National Archives and 
        Records Administration, within 30 days after each quarterly 
        filing, any information that is submitted under paragraph (1), 
        without a fee or other access charge in a downloadable 
        database.
            ``(4) Submission of false material information 
        prohibited.--
                    ``(A) Individual.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful 
                        for any person who makes a contribution 
                        described in paragraph (1) to knowingly and 
                        willfully submit false material information or 
                        omit material information with respect to the 
                        contribution to an organization described in 
                        such paragraph.
                            ``(ii) Penalty.--The penalties described in 
                        section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
                        shall apply with respect to a violation of 
                        clause (i) in the same manner as a violation 
                        described in such section.
                    ``(B) Organization.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful 
                        for any Presidential library fundraising 
                        organization to knowingly and willfully submit 
                        false material information or omit material 
                        information under paragraph (1).
                            ``(ii) Penalty.--The penalties described in 
                        section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
                        shall apply with respect to a violation of 
                        clause (i) in the same manner as a violation 
                        described in such section.
            ``(5) Prohibition on contribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall be unlawful for a 
                person to knowingly and willfully--
                            ``(i) make a contribution described in 
                        paragraph (1) in the name of another person;
                            ``(ii) permit his or her name to be used to 
                        effect a contribution described in paragraph 
                        (1); or
                            ``(iii) accept a contribution described in 
                        paragraph (1) that is made by one person in the 
                        name of another person.
                    ``(B) Penalty.--The penalties set forth in section 
                309(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
                U.S.C. 437g(d)) shall apply to a violation of 
                subparagraph (A) in the same manner as if such 
                violation were a violation of section 316(b)(3) of such 
                Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(3)).
            ``(6) Regulations required.--The Archivist shall promulgate 
        regulations for the purpose of carrying out this subsection.
            ``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Information.--The term `information' means 
                the following:
                            ``(i) The amount or value of each 
                        contribution made by a contributor referred to 
                        in paragraph (1) in the quarter covered by the 
                        submission.
                            ``(ii) The source of each such 
                        contribution, and the address of the entity or 
                        individual that is the source of the 
                        contribution.
                            ``(iii) If the source of such a 
                        contribution is an individual, the occupation 
                        of the individual.
                            ``(iv) The date of each such contribution.
                    ``(B) Presidential library fundraising 
                organization.--The term `Presidential library 
                fundraising organization' means an organization that is 
                established for the purpose of raising funds for 
                creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting 
                activities at--
                            ``(i) a Presidential archival depository; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) any facilities relating to a 
                        Presidential archival depository.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 2112(h) of title 44, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a))--
            (1) shall apply to an organization established for the 
        purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, 
        or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository 
        or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival 
        depository before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (2) shall only apply with respect to contributions (whether 
        monetary or in-kind) made after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
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