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Calendar No. 435 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1254 

[Report No. 110–202] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2007 

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

Governmental Affairs 

OCTOBER 22, 2007 

Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Presidential Library 

5 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 ‘‘(h)(1) Any Presidential library fundraising organi12 zation shall submit on a quarterly basis, in accordance with 

13 paragraph (2), information with respect to every contrib14 utor who— 

15 ‘‘(A) with respect to a Presidential archival de16 pository (including a depository of a President who 

17 currently holds the Office of President) for which the 

18 Archivist has not accepted, taken title to, or entered 

19 into an agreement to use any land or facility for the 

20 archival depository, gave the organization a contribu21 tion or contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) 

22 totaling $200 or more for the quarterly period; or 

23 ‘‘(B) with respect to a Presidential archival de24 pository for which the Archivist has accepted, taken 

25 title to, or entered into an agreement to use any land 

26 or facility for the archival depository, gave the orgaVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:17 Oct 23, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1254.RS H1254

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1 nization a contribution or contributions (whether 

2 monetary or in-kind) totaling $1,250 or more for the 

3 quarterly period. 

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

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

6 submitted under that paragraph are the Administra7 tion, the Committee on Oversight and Government 

8 Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

10 Affairs of the Senate; 

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

12 submitted under that paragraph are April 15, July 

13 15, October 15, and January 15 of each year and 

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

15 ‘‘(C) the requirement to submit information 

16 under that paragraph shall continue until the later 

17 of the following occurs: 

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

19 to, or entered into an agreement to use any 

20 land or facility for the archival depository. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The President whose archives are con22 tained in the depository no longer holds the Of23 fice of President and a period of four years has 

24 expired (beginning on the date the President 

25 left the Office). 


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1 ‘‘(C) the requirement to submit information 

2 under that paragraph shall continue to apply to a 

3 Presidential library fundraising organization during 

4 the lifetime of the President whose archives benefit 

5 from such fundraising. 

6 ‘‘(3) In this subsection: 

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

8 organization’ means an organization that is estab9 lished for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 

10 maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at— 

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

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

13 archival depository. 

14 ‘‘(B) The term ‘information’ means the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(i) The amount or value of each contribu17 tion made by a contributor referred to in para18 graph (1) in the quarter covered by the submis19 sion. 

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

21 and the address of the entity or individual that 

22 is the source of the contribution. 

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

24 is an individual, the occupation of the indi25 vidual. 


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

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

3 through the Internet (or a successor technology readily 

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

5 quarterly filing any information that is submitted under 

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

7 without a fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sort8 able, and downloadable database. 

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

10 makes a contribution described in paragraph (1) to know11 ingly and willfully submit false material information or 

12 omit material information with respect to the contribution 

13 to an organization described in such paragraph. 

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

15 18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola16 tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola17 tion described in such section. 

18 ‘‘(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any Presidential li19 brary fundraising organization to knowingly and willfully 

20 submit false material information or omit material infor21 mation under paragraph (1). 

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

23 18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola24 tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola25 tion described in such section. 


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

2 and willfully— 

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

4 (1) in the name of another person; 

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

6 a contribution described in paragraph (1); or 

7 ‘‘(iii) accept a contribution described in para8 graph (1) that is made by one person in the name 

9 of another person. 

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

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

12 437g(d)) shall apply to a violation of subparagraph (A) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 (1) shall apply to an organization established 

20 for the purpose of raising funds for creating, main21 taining, expanding, or conducting activities at a 

22 Presidential archival depository or any facilities re23 lating to a Presidential archival depository before, 

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

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1 (2) shall only apply with respect to contribu2 tions (whether monetary or in-kind) made after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 435 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1254 

[Report No. 110

–202] 

AN ACT 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to require 

brary fundraising organizations. information on contributors to Presidential liOCTOBER 22, 2007 

Reported with amendments 


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