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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 558 

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

to Presidential library fundraising organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, and Ms. AYOTTE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Donation Reform Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. 

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

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(h) PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FUNDRAISING ORGA2 NIZATION REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

4 ‘‘(A) CONTRIBUTION.—The term ‘contribu5 tion’ means a contribution or contributions 

6 made by an individual or entity to a Presi7 dential library fundraising organization totaling 

8 not less than $200 (whether monetary or in9 kind) in a single calendar quarter. 

10 ‘‘(B) PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FUND11 RAISING ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Presi12 dential library fundraising organization’ means 

13 an organization established to raise funds to 

14 create, maintain, expand, or conduct activities 

15 at— 

16 ‘‘(i) a Presidential archival depository; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(ii) any facility relating to a Presi19 dential archival depository. 

20 ‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the period be22 ginning on the date of enactment of this sub23 section, and ending on the date described in 

24 subparagraph (B), and not later than 15 days 

25 after the end of each calendar quarter, each 


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1 Presidential library fundraising organization 

2 shall submit to the Archivist, in a searchable 

3 and sortable electronic format, information on 

4 each contribution made during that quarter, 

5 which shall include— 

6 ‘‘(i) the amount or value of the con7 tribution; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the source of the contribution, 

9 including the address of the individual or 

10 entity that is the source of the contribu11 tion; 

12 ‘‘(iii) if the source of the contribution 

13 is an individual, the occupation of the indi14 vidual; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) the date of the contribution. 

16 ‘‘(B) DURATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE17 MENT.—The date described in this subpara18 graph is the later of— 

19 ‘‘(i) the date on which the Archivist 

20 accepts, takes title to, or enters into an 

21 agreement to use any land or facility for 

22 the Presidential archival depository for the 

23 President for whom the Presidential li24 brary fundraising organization was estab25 lished; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the date on which the President 

2 whose archives are contained in the Presi3 dential archival depository for whom the 

4 Presidential library fundraising organiza5 tion was established no longer holds the 

6 Office of President. 

7 ‘‘(C) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PUB8 LISHED.—Not later than 30 days after each 

9 submission under subparagraph (A), the Archi10 vist shall publish the information submitted on 

11 the website of the National Archives and 

12 Records Administration, without a fee or other 

13 access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and 

14 downloadable format. 

15 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON THE SUBMISSION OF

16 FALSE MATERIAL INFORMATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL.— 

18 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlaw19 ful for any person who makes a contribu20 tion to knowingly and willfully submit ma21 terially false information or omit material 

22 information with respect to the contribu23 tion. 

24 ‘‘(ii) PENALTY.—Any person who 

25 commits an offense described in clause (i) 


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1 shall be punished as provided under section 

2 1001 of title 18. 

3 ‘‘(B) ORGANIZATION.— 

4 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlaw5 ful for any Presidential library fundraising 

6 organization to knowingly and willfully 

7 submit materially false information or omit 

8 material information required to be sub9 mitted under paragraph (2)(A). 

10 ‘‘(ii) PENALTY.—Any Presidential li11 brary fundraising organization that com12 mits an offense described in clause (i) shall 

13 be punished as provided under section 

14 1001 of title 18. 

15 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRIBU16 TIONS.— 

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

18 for any person to knowingly and willfully— 

19 ‘‘(i) make a contribution in the name 

20 of another person; 

21 ‘‘(ii) allow the name of the person to 

22 be used by another person to effect a con23 tribution; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) accept a contribution that is 

2 made by 1 person in the name of another 

3 person. 

4 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—Any person who commits 

5 an offense described in subparagraph (A) shall 

6 be punished as provided under section 309(d) of 

7 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 

8 U.S.C. 30109(d)) in the same manner as if the 

9 offense were a violation of section 316(b)(3) of 

10 such Act (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(3)). 

11 ‘‘(5) REGULATIONS.—The Archivist shall pro12 mulgate regulations for the purpose of carrying out 

13 this subsection.’’. 

14 (b) APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

16 terms ‘‘contribution’’ and ‘‘Presidential library fund17 raising organization’’ have the meanings given those 

18 terms in section 2112(h) of title 44, United States 

19 Code (as added by subsection (a)). 

20 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2112(h) of title 

21 44, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) 

22 shall apply— 

23 (A) to a Presidential library fundraising 

24 organization established before, on, or after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act; and 


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1 (B) with respect to a contribution made 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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