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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3571 

To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts, grants, or 

other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging 

in activities that promote certain indicted organizations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 

Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PENCE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 

ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, 

Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 

BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BONNER, Mrs. 

BONO MACK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 

BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARTER, 

Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONAWAY, 

Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DENT, Mr. DREIER, Mr. 

DUNCAN, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. FALLIN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 

Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HELLER, Mr. 

HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. 

LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. LUMMIS, 

Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. MACK, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mrs. 

MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MILLER of 

Florida, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. MYRICK, 

Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 

POSEY, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 

ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 

Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN, 

Mr. WAMP, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 


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A BILL 

To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any 

other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that 

promote certain indicted 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 ‘‘Defund ACORN Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER 

6 ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IN7 DICTED ORGANIZATIONS. 

8 (a) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any covered or9 ganization, the following prohibitions apply: 

10 (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative 

11 agreement, or any other form of agreement (includ12 ing a memorandum of understanding) may be 

13 awarded to or entered into with the organization. 

14 (2) No Federal funds in any other form may be 

15 provided to the organization. 

16 (3) No Federal employee or contractor may 

17 promote in any way (including recommending to a 

18 person or referring to a person for any purpose) the 

19 organization. 

20 (b) COVERED ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the 

21 term ‘‘covered organization’’ means any of the following: 


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1 (1) Any organization that has been indicted for 

2 a violation under any Federal or State law governing 

3 the financing of a campaign for election for public 

4 office or any law governing the administration of an 

5 election for public office, including a law relating to 

6 voter registration. 

7 (2) Any organization that had its State cor8 porate charter terminated due to its failure to com9 ply with Federal or State lobbying disclosure re10 quirements. 

11 (3) Any organization that has filed a fraudulent 

12 form with any Federal or State regulatory agency. 

13 (4) Any organization that— 

14 (A) employs any applicable individual, in a 

15 permanent or temporary capacity; 

16 (B) has under contract or retains any ap17 plicable individual; or 

18 (C) has any applicable individual acting on 

19 the organization’s behalf or with the express or 

20 apparent authority of the organization. 

21 (c) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) The term ‘‘organization’’ includes the Asso23 ciation of Community Organizations for Reform 

24 Now (in this subsection referred to as ‘‘ACORN’’) 

25 and any ACORN-related affiliate. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘ACORN-related affiliate’’ means 

2 any of the following: 

3 (A) Any State chapter of ACORN reg4 istered with the Secretary of State’s office in 

5 that State. 

6 (B) Any organization that shares directors, 

7 employees, or independent contractors with 

8 ACORN. 

9 (C) Any organization that has a financial 

10 stake in ACORN. 

11 (D) Any organization whose finances, 

12 whether federally funded, donor-funded, or 

13 raised through organizational goods and serv14 ices, are shared or controlled by ACORN. 

15 (3) The term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an 

16 individual who has been indicted for a violation 

17 under Federal or State law relating to an election 

18 for Federal or State office. 

19 (d) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA20 TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re21 vised to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to 

22 contracts. 

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