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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 389 
To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 from being used for physical signage indicating that a project 
is funded by such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Mr. SCHOCK (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. BURTON of 
Indiana, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act of 2009 from being used for physical sign-
age indicating that a project is funded by such Act, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End the Stimulus Ad-
vertisement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115 et seq.) 
may be used for physical signage indicating that a project 
is funded by such Act. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under appropriations Acts pro-
viding funds for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the 
total amount available for obligation for administrative ex-
penses of an affected agency shall be the amount that 
would otherwise be available, reduced by 50 percent of the 
amount reported to have been expended under subsection 
(b). 
(b) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head 
of each affected agency shall submit to the Office of Man-
agement and Budget a report containing a determination 
of the amount of funds expended before the date of enact-
ment of this Act, if any, by the agency, or any grantee 
or other recipient of assistance from the agency, for phys-
ical signage indicating that a project was funded by the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115 et seq.). 
(c) ALLOCATION.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall determine the allocation of 
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the reduction required under subsection (a) among the ac-
counts, and programs, projects, and activities within the 
accounts, of each affected agency. 
(d) REPORT.—In each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit to Congress a report containing information 
regarding the allocations of reductions determined under 
subsection (c). 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—The head of each affected agen-
cy shall deposit each amount of reduction determined 
under subsection (c) in the general fund of the Treasury 
for purposes of deficit reduction. 
(f) AFFECTED AGENCY DEFINED.—For the purposes 
of this section, an affected agency is an executive agency, 
as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, 
that received funding under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 
115 et seq.). 
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