IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1254 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2007 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising 

organizations. 

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 ‘‘Presidential Library 

3 Donation Reform Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2112 of title 44, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(h)(1) Any Presidential library fundraising organi6 zation shall submit on a quarterly basis, in accordance 

7 with paragraph (2), information with respect to every con8 tributor who gave the organization a contribution or con9 tributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling $200 or 

10 more for the quarterly period. 

11 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)— 

12 ‘‘(A) the entities to which information shall be 

13 submitted under that paragraph are the Administra14 tion, the Committee on Oversight and Government 

15 Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 

16 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

17 Affairs of the Senate; 

18 ‘‘(B) the dates by which information shall be 

19 submitted under that paragraph are April 15, July 

20 15, October 15, and January 15 of each year and 

21 of the following year (for the fourth quarterly filing); 

22 ‘‘(C) the requirement to submit information 

23 under that paragraph shall continue until the later 

24 of the following occurs: 


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1 ‘‘(i) The Archivist has accepted, taken title 

2 to, or entered into an agreement to use any 

3 land or facility for the archival depository. 

4 ‘‘(ii) The President whose archives are con5 tained in the depository no longer holds the Of6 fice of President and a period of four years has 

7 expired (beginning on the date the President 

8 left the Office). 

9 ‘‘(3) In this subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) The term ‘Presidential library fundraising 

11 organization’ means an organization that is estab12 lished for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 

13 maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at— 

14 ‘‘(i) a Presidential archival depository; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) any facilities relating to a Presidential 

16 archival depository. 

17 ‘‘(B) The term ‘information’ means the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(i) The amount or value of each contribu20 tion made by a contributor referred to in para21 graph (1) in the quarter covered by the submis22 sion. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The source of each such contribution, 

24 and the address of the entity or individual that 

25 is the source of the contribution. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) If the source of such a contribution 

2 is an individual, the occupation of the indi3 vidual. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The date of each such contribution. 

5 ‘‘(4) The Archivist shall make available to the public 

6 through the Internet (or a successor technology readily 

7 available to the public) as soon as is practicable after each 

8 quarterly filing any information that is submitted under 

9 paragraph (1). The information shall be made available 

10 without a fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sort11 able, and downloadable database. 

12 ‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who 

13 makes a contribution described in paragraph (1) to know14 ingly and willfully submit false material information or 

15 omit material information with respect to the contribution 

16 to an organization described in such paragraph. 

17 ‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 

18 18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola19 tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola20 tion described in such section. 

21 ‘‘(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any Presidential li22 brary fundraising organization to knowingly and willfully 

23 submit false material information or omit material infor24 mation under paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 

2 18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola3 tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola4 tion described in such section. 

5 ‘‘(7)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly 

6 and willfully— 

7 ‘‘(i) make a contribution described in paragraph 

8 (1) in the name of another person; 

9 ‘‘(ii) permit his or her name to be used to effect 

10 a contribution described in paragraph (1); or 

11 ‘‘(iii) accept a contribution described in para12 graph (1) that is made by one person in the name 

13 of another person. 

14 ‘‘(B) The penalties set forth in section 309(d) of the 

15 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 

16 437g(d)) shall apply to a violation of subparagraph (A) 

17 in the same manner as if such violation were a violation 

18 of section 316(b)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(3)). 

19 ‘‘(8) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations for 

20 the purpose of carrying out this subsection.’’. 

21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2112(h) of title 44, 

22 United States Code (as added by subsection (a))— 

23 (1) shall apply to an organization established 

24 for the purpose of raising funds for creating, main25 taining, expanding, or conducting activities at a 


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1 Presidential archival depository or any facilities re2 lating to a Presidential archival depository before, 

3 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

4 and 

5 (2) shall only apply with respect to contribu6 tions (whether monetary or in-kind) made after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 

2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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