IIB
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 577
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 6, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any orga-
nization that is established for the purpose of raising
funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting
activities at a Presidential archival depository or any
facilities relating to a Presidential archival depository
to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised,
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO DISCLOSE SOURCES AND
AMOUNTS OF FUNDS RAISED FOR PRESI-
DENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2112 of title 44, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(h)(1) Any organization that is established for the
purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, ex-
panding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival
depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archi-
val depository, shall submit to the Administration, the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate on an annual basis, by not later than the
applicable date specified in paragraph (2), information
with respect to every contributor who, during the year—
‘‘(A) with respect to a Presidential archival de-
pository of a President who currently holds the Of-
fice of President or for which the Archivist has not
accepted, taken title to, or entered into an agree-
ment to use any land or facility, gave the organiza-
tion a contribution or contributions (whether mone-
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tary or in-kind) totaling $200 or more for the year;
or
‘‘(B) with respect to a Presidential archival de-
pository of a President who no longer holds the Of-
fice of President and for which the Archivist has ac-
cepted, taken title to, or entered into an agreement
to use any land or facility, gave the organization a
contribution or contributions (whether monetary or
in-kind) totaling $5000 or more for the year.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable
date—
‘‘(A) with respect to information required under
paragraph (1)(A), shall be January 31 of each year;
and
‘‘(B) with respect to information required under
paragraph (1)(B), shall be May 31 of each year.
‘‘(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘informa-
tion’ means the following:
‘‘(A) The amount or value of each contribution
made by a contributor referred to in paragraph (1)
in the year covered by the submission.
‘‘(B) The source of each such contribution, and
the address of the entity or individual that is the
source of the contribution.
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‘‘(C) If the source of such a contribution is an
individual, the occupation of the individual.
‘‘(D) The date of each such contribution.
‘‘(4) The Archivist shall make available to the public
through the Internet (or a successor technology readily
available to the public) any information that is submitted
in accordance with paragraph (1).
‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who
makes a contribution described in paragraph (1) to know-
ingly and willfully submit false material information or
omit material information with respect to the contribution
to an organization described in such paragraph.
‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title
18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola-
tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola-
tion described in such section.
‘‘(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any organization de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully submit
false material information or omit material information
under such paragraph.
‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title
18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola-
tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola-
tion described in such section.
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‘‘(7)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly
and willfully—
‘‘(i) make a contribution described in paragraph
(1) in the name of another person;
‘‘(ii) permit his or her name to be used to effect
a contribution described in paragraph (1); or
‘‘(iii) accept a contribution described in para-
graph (1) that is made by one person in the name
of another person.
‘‘(B) The penalties set forth in section 309(d) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437g(d)) shall apply to a violation of subparagraph (A)
in the same manner as if such violation were a violation
of section 316(b)(3) of such Act.
‘‘(8) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations for
the purpose of carrying out this subsection.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2112(h) of title 44,
United States Code (as added by subsection (a))—
(1) shall apply to an organization established
for the purpose of raising funds for creating, main-
taining, expanding, or conducting activities at a
Presidential archival depository or any facilities re-
lating to a Presidential archival depository before,
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
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(2) shall only apply with respect to contribu-
tions (whether monetary or in-kind) made after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives February 5,
2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.