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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2715 

To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from providing any assistance to any organization that has been indicted for 

a violation under Federal or State law relating to an election for Federal 

or State office. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Mrs. BACHMANN (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. PRICE

of Georgia, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. KLINE of 

Minnesota, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. CARTER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 

BOUSTANY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. NUNES, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. WAMP, Mr. 

FLEMING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. ISSA, Mr. AKIN, Mr. WESTMORELAND, 

Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. FALLIN, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HELLER, Mr. HARPER, 

Mr. LATTA, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 

CASSIDY, and Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from providing any assistance to any organization 

that has been indicted for a violation under Federal 

or State law relating to an election for Federal or State 

office. 

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 ‘‘Taxpayer Protection 

3 and Anti-Fraud Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF HUD ASSISTANCE. 

5 The Department of Housing and Urban Development 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

7 the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 15. PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN IN9 DICTED ORGANIZATIONS. 

10 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No HUD financial assistance 

11 shall be distributed to— 

12 ‘‘(1) any organization that has been indicted for 

13 a violation under Federal or State law relating to an 

14 election for Federal or State office; or 

15 ‘‘(2) any organization that— 

16 ‘‘(A) employs any applicable individual, in 

17 a permanent or temporary capacity; 

18 ‘‘(B) has under contract or retains any ap19 plicable individual; or 

20 ‘‘(C) has any applicable individual acting 

21 on the organization’s behalf or with the express 

22 or apparent authority of the organization. 

23 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

24 following definitions shall apply: 

25 ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘ap26 plicable individual’ means an individual who has 


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1 been indicted for a violation under Federal or State 

2 law relating to an election for Federal or State of3 fice. 

4 ‘‘(2) HUD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The term 

5 ‘HUD financial assistance’ means any grant, loan, 

6 subsidy, guarantee, insurance, cooperative agree7 ment, or other form of financial assistance, including 

8 any insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or 

9 pool of mortgages, under a program administered by 

10 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.’’. 

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