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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8655 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit any individual from 

holding certain political campaign or fundraising events on Federal property, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2020 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit any 

individual from holding certain political campaign or 

fundraising events on Federal property, 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 ‘‘White House is Not 

5 a Political Prop Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR FUND2 RAISING EVENTS ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. 

3 Section 607 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 

8 officer or employee of the Federal Government, in9 cluding the President, Vice President, and any Mem10 ber of Congress— 

11 ‘‘(A) to hold any political campaign event, 

12 or otherwise solicit or accept any contribution 

13 as defined in section 301 of the Federal Elec14 tion Campaign Act of 1971, on or in any Fed15 eral property; or 

16 ‘‘(B) to use any Federal property at such 

17 an event or for the purposes of soliciting or ac18 cepting any such contribution. 

19 ‘‘(2) PENALTY.—A person who violates this 

20 subsection shall be fined up to $50,000, imprisoned 

21 not more than 5 years, or both. 

22 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

23 ‘‘(A) the term ‘Federal property’ means 

24 any building, land, vehicle (including aircraft), 

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1 tality of the United States (including the White 

2 House (except for the Executive Residence), the 

3 Department of Defense, the United States 

4 Postal Service, or the National Park Service), 

5 or any other instrumentality wholly owned by 

6 the United States; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the term ‘political campaign event’ 

8 means an occasion or gathering of individuals, 

9 in person or virtually, the purpose of which, in 

10 any material part, is to promote, or solicit or 

11 accept funds or contributions for the campaign 

12 of, a candidate for election for the office of 

13 President, Vice President, or any other Federal 

14 office (as such terms are defined in section 301 

15 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971). 

16 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The prohibi17 tion in paragraph (1) shall not apply to the use of 

18 any vehicle owned or leased by the Federal Govern19 ment for travel to any event so long as such use is 

20 not treated as an in-kind contribution under the 

21 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The prohibi23 tion in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘EXCEP24 TION.—The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (c)’’. 

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