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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 558 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 119
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 558

                          [Report No. 114-65]

   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, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Booker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                             June 15, 2015

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendment

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on 
contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Library Donation Reform 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Presidential Library Fundraising Organization Reporting 
Requirement.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Contribution.--The term `contribution' means 
                a contribution or contributions made by an individual 
                or entity to a Presidential library fundraising 
                organization totaling not less than $200 (whether 
                monetary or in-kind) in a single calendar quarter.
                    ``(B) Presidential library fundraising 
                organization.--The term `Presidential library 
                fundraising organization' means an organization 
                established to raise funds to create, maintain, expand, 
                or conduct activities at--
                            ``(i) a Presidential archival depository; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) any facility relating to a 
                        Presidential archival depository.
            ``(2) Reporting requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During the period beginning on 
                the date of enactment of this subsection, and ending on 
                the date described in subparagraph (B), and not later 
                than 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter, 
                each Presidential library fundraising organization 
                shall submit to the Archivist, in a searchable and 
                sortable electronic format, information on each 
                contribution made during that quarter, which shall 
                include--
                            ``(i) the amount or value of the 
                        contribution;
                            ``(ii) the source of the contribution, 
                        including the address of the individual or 
                        entity that is the source of the contribution;
                            ``(iii) if the source of the contribution 
                        is an individual, the occupation of the 
                        individual; and
                            ``(iv) the date of the contribution.
                    ``(B) Duration of reporting requirement.--The date 
                described in this subparagraph is the later of--
                            ``(i) the date on which the Archivist 
                        accepts, takes title to, or enters into an 
                        agreement to use any land or facility for the 
                        Presidential archival depository for the 
                        President for whom the Presidential library 
                        fundraising organization was established; and
                            ``(ii) the date on which the President 
                        whose archives are contained in the 
                        Presidential archival depository for whom the 
                        Presidential library fundraising organization 
                        was established no longer holds the Office of 
                        President.
                    ``(C) Information required to be published.--Not 
                later than 30 days after each submission under 
                subparagraph (A), the Archivist shall publish the 
                information submitted on the website of the National 
                Archives and Records Administration, without a fee or 
                other access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable format.
            ``(3) Prohibition on the submission of false material 
        information.--
                    ``(A) Individual.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful 
                        for any person who makes a contribution to 
                        knowingly and willfully submit materially false 
                        information or omit material information with 
                        respect to the contribution.
                            ``(ii) Penalty.--Any person who commits an 
                        offense described in clause (i) shall be 
                        punished as provided under section 1001 of 
                        title 18.
                    ``(B) Organization.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful 
                        for any Presidential library fundraising 
                        organization to knowingly and willfully submit 
                        materially false information or omit material 
                        information required to be submitted under 
                        paragraph (2)(A).
                            ``(ii) Penalty.--Any Presidential library 
                        fundraising organization that commits an 
                        offense described in clause (i) shall be 
                        punished as provided under section 1001 of 
                        title 18.
            ``(4) Prohibition on certain contributions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any 
                person to knowingly and willfully--
                            ``(i) make a contribution in the name of 
                        another person;
                            ``(ii) allow the name of the person to be 
                        used by another person to effect a 
                        contribution; or
                            ``(iii) accept a contribution that is made 
                        by 1 person in the name of another person.
                    ``(B) Penalty.--Any person who commits an offense 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall be punished as 
                provided under section 309(d) of the Federal Election 
                Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)) in the same 
                manner as if the offense were a violation of section 
                316(b)(3) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(3)).
            ``(5) Regulations.--The Archivist shall promulgate 
        regulations for the purpose of carrying out this subsection.''.
    (b) Applicability of Amendments.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
        ``contribution'' and ``Presidential library fundraising 
        organization'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
        2112(h) of title 44, United States Code (as added by subsection 
        (a)).
            (2) Applicability.--Section 2112(h) of title 44, United 
        States Code (as added by subsection (a)) shall apply--
                    (A) to a Presidential library fundraising 
                organization established before, on, or after the date 
                of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) with respect to a contribution made after the 
                date of enactment of this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 119

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 558

                          [Report No. 114-65]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on 
contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 15, 2015

                       Reported without amendment
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