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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4434 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban 

on the making of contributions by certain government contractors to 

other for-profit recipients of Federal funds, to limit the amount of 

contributions the employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds 

may make during any calendar year in which such funds are provided, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2010 

Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

extend the ban on the making of contributions by certain 

government contractors to other for-profit recipients of 

Federal funds, to limit the amount of contributions the 

employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds may 

make during any calendar year in which such funds 

are provided, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Political Kick3 backs Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR CON5 TRIBUTION BAN TO FOR-PROFIT RECIPIENTS 

6 OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 317 of the Federal Elec8 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441c) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

10 subsections (c) and (d); and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol12 lowing new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful— 

14 ‘‘(1) for any for-profit entity which receives 

15 Federal funds, during the period which begins on 

16 the date on which the entity applies to receive such 

17 funds and ends on the later of the date on which the 

18 entity’s application for such funds is rejected or the 

19 last date on which such funds are paid to the entity, 

20 to make any contribution of money or other thing of 

21 value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make 

22 any such contribution to any political party, com23 mittee, or candidate for public office or to any per24 son for any political purpose or use; or 

25 ‘‘(2) for any person knowingly to solicit any 

26 such contribution from any such entity, or for any 


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1 such entity knowingly to solicit any such contribu2 tion from any of its employees, during such period.’’. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY

4 EMPLOYEES OF RECIPIENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of such Act (2 

6 U.S.C. 441a) is amended— 

7 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub8 section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (i) and 

9 (k)’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

11 subsection: 

12 ‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYEES OF FOR-PROF13 IT ENTITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.—An indi14 vidual who is an employee of a for-profit entity which re15 ceives Federal funds during a calendar year may not make 

16 contributions aggregating more than $1,000 during that 

17 calendar year.’’. 

18 (2) INDEXING OF AMOUNT FOR INFLATION.— 

19 Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or 

22 (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(h), or (k)’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

25 clause (i), 


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1 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

2 of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 

3 (iii) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new clause: 

5 ‘‘(iii) for purposes of subsection (k), cal6 endar year 2010.’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall apply with respect to contributions made 

9 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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