IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 73 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 5, 2017 

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, 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 ‘‘Presidential Library 

3 Donation Reform Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. 

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

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(h) PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FUNDRAISING ORGA9 NIZATION REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

11 than 15 days after the end of a calendar quarter 

12 and until the end of the requirement period de13 scribed in paragraph (2), each Presidential library 

14 fundraising organization shall submit to the Archi15 vist information for that quarter in an electronic 

16 searchable and sortable format with respect to every 

17 contributor who gave the organization a contribution 

18 or contributions (whether monetary or in-kind) total19 ing $200 or more for the quarterly period. 

20 ‘‘(2) DURATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE21 MENT.—The requirement to submit information 

22 under paragraph (1) shall continue until the later of 

23 the following occurs: 

24 ‘‘(A) The Archivist has accepted, taken 

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

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1 pository for the President for whom the Presi2 dential library fundraising organization was es3 tablished. 

4 ‘‘(B) The President whose archives are 

5 contained in the deposit no longer holds the Of6 fice of President. 

7 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PUB8 LISHED.—The Archivist shall publish on the website 

9 of the National Archives and Records Administra10 tion, within 30 days after each quarterly filing, any 

11 information that is submitted under paragraph (1), 

12 without a fee or other access charge in a 

13 downloadable database. 

14 ‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF FALSE MATERIAL INFOR15 MATION PROHIBITED.— 

16 ‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL.— 

17 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlaw18 ful for any person who makes a contribu19 tion described in paragraph (1) to know20 ingly and willfully submit false material in21 formation or omit material information 

22 with respect to the contribution to an orga23 nization described in such paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(ii) PENALTY.—The penalties de25 scribed in section 1001 of title 18, United 


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1 States Code, shall apply with respect to a 

2 violation of clause (i) in the same manner 

3 as a violation described in such section. 

4 ‘‘(B) ORGANIZATION.— 

5 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlaw6 ful for any Presidential library fundraising 

7 organization to knowingly and willfully 

8 submit false material information or omit 

9 material information under paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(ii) PENALTY.—The penalties de11 scribed in section 1001 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, shall apply with respect to a 

13 violation of clause (i) in the same manner 

14 as a violation described in such section. 

15 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful 

17 for a person to knowingly and willfully— 

18 ‘‘(i) make a contribution described in 

19 paragraph (1) in the name of another per20 son; 

21 ‘‘(ii) permit his or her name to be 

22 used to effect a contribution described in 

23 paragraph (1); or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) accept a contribution described 

2 in paragraph (1) that is made by one per3 son in the name of another person. 

4 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—The penalties set forth in 

5 section 309(d) of the Federal Election Cam6 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) shall 

7 apply to a violation of subparagraph (A) in the 

8 same manner as if such violation were a viola9 tion of section 316(b)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

10 441b(b)(3)). 

11 ‘‘(6) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Archivist 

12 shall promulgate regulations for the purpose of car13 rying out this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

15 ‘‘(A) INFORMATION.—The term ‘informa16 tion’ means the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) The amount or value of each con18 tribution made by a contributor referred to 

19 in paragraph (1) in the quarter covered by 

20 the submission. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The source of each such con22 tribution, and the address of the entity or 

23 individual that is the source of the con24 tribution. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) If the source of such a contribu2 tion is an individual, the occupation of the 

3 individual. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The date of each such contribu5 tion. 

6 ‘‘(B) PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FUND7 RAISING ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Presi8 dential library fundraising organization’ means 

9 an organization that is established for the pur10 pose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, 

11 expanding, or conducting activities at— 

12 ‘‘(i) a Presidential archival depository; 

13 or 

14 ‘‘(ii) any facilities relating to a Presi15 dential archival depository.’’. 

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

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

18 (1) shall apply to an organization established 

19 for the purpose of raising funds for creating, main20 taining, expanding, or conducting activities at a 

21 Presidential archival depository or any facilities re22 lating to a Presidential archival depository before, 

23 on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

24 and 


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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. 

4 SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

5 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

6 requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 

7 this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 

8 amounts otherwise authorized. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 4, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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