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of days covered by this resolution to 366 and multiplied
further by 1.27.
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper-
ations of the following projects or activities shall be only
the minimum necessary to accomplish orderly termination:
Administrative Conference of the United States;
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Re-
lations (except that activities to carry out the provi-
sions of Public Law 104–4 may continue);
Interstate Commerce Commission;
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;
Land and Water Conservation Fund, State As-
sistance; and
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement, Rural Abandoned Mine Program.
TITLE II
SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT
PRINTING.
(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and
107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect
to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enroll-
ment of any of the following measures of the first session
of the One Hundred Fourth Congress presented to the
President after the enactment of this joint resolution:
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(1) A continuing resolution.
(2) A debt limit extension measure.
(3) A reconciliation bill.
(b) CERTIFICATION
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HOUSE
OVERSIGHT.—The enrollment of a measure to which sub-
section (a) applies shall be in such form as the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives cer-
tifies to be a true enrollment.
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this joint resolution:
(1) 
CONTINUING
RESOLUTION.—The 
term
‘‘continuing resolution’’ means a bill or joint resolu-
tion that includes provisions making further continu-
ing appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
(2) DEBT
LIMIT
EXTENSION
MEASURE.—The
term ‘‘debt limit extension measure’’ means a bill or
joint resolution that includes provisions increasing or
waiving (for a temporary period or otherwise) the
public debt limit under section 3101(b) of title 31,
United States Code.
(3) RECONCILIATION
BILL.—The term ‘‘rec-
onciliation bill’’ means a bill that is a reconciliation
bill within the meaning of section 310 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974.
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TITLE III
TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED POLITICAL ADVOCACY
PROHIBITION ON SUBSIDIZING POLITICAL ADVOCACY
WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS
SEC. 301. (a) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the following limitations shall apply
to any taxpayer subsidized grant that is made from funds
appropriated under this or any other Act or controlled
under any congressional authorization, until the enact-
ment of specific exceptions in subsequent Acts:
(1) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use
funds from any taxpayer subsidized grant to engage
in political advocacy.
(2) No person or organization may transfer
funds from any taxpayer subsidized grant, in whole
or in part, in the form of a taxpayer subsidized
grant, to any person or organization that under this
subsection would not be eligible to receive such
funds directly from the Federal Government.
(3) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use
funds from any taxpayer subsidized grant for any
purpose (including but not limited to extending sub-
sequent taxpayer subsidized grants to any other in-
dividual or organization) other than to purchase or
secure goods or services, except as permitted by
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Congress in the law authorizing the taxpayer sub-
sidized grant.
(4) No restrictions are placed upon the use of
an individual’s non-Federal funds by this title.
(5) An organization described in section
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that
engaged in lobbying activities during the organiza-
tion’s previous taxable year shall not be eligible for
the receipt of Federal funds constituting a taxpayer
subsidized grant. This paragraph shall not apply to
organizations described in such section 501(c)(4)
with gross annual revenues of less than $3,000,000
in such previous taxable year, including the amounts
of Federal funds received as a taxpayer subsidized
grant.
(6) An organization shall not be eligible for the
receipt of Federal funds constituting a taxpayer sub-
sidized grant if, in the previous Federal fiscal year,
such organization—
(A) received more than one-third of its an-
nual revenue in the form of taxpayer subsidized
grants; and
(B) expended on lobbying activities an
amount equal to or exceeding whichever of the
following amounts is less:
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(i) $100,000; or
(ii) the amount determined by the for-
mula set forth in paragraph (7)(B).
(7) No taxpayer subsidized grant applicant or
taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual
person, may receive any taxpayer subsidized grant if
its expenditures for political advocacy for any one of
the previous five Federal fiscal years exceeded its
substantial political advocacy threshold. For pur-
poses of the application of this paragraph in the
five-year period following the date of the enactment
of this Act, only the previous Federal fiscal years be-
ginning after September 30, 1995, shall be consid-
ered. For purposes of this title, the substantial polit-
ical advocacy threshold for a given Federal fiscal
year shall be whichever of the following amounts is
less:
(A) $1,000,000.
(B) The amount determined by the follow-
ing formula:
(i) Calculate the difference between
the taxpayer subsidized grant applicant’s
total expenditures made in a given Federal
fiscal year and the total taxpayer sub-
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sidized grants it received in that Federal
fiscal year.
(ii) For the first $500,000 of the
amount calculated under clause (i), mul-
tiply by 0.20.
(iii) For the portion of the amount
calculated under clause (i) that is more
than 
$500,000, 
but 
not 
more 
than
$1,000,000, multiply by 0.15.
(iv) For the portion of the amount
calculated under clause (i) that is more
than $1,000,000, but not more than
$1,500,000, multiply by 0.10.
(v) For the portion of the amount cal-
culated under clause (i) that is more than
$1,500,000, 
but 
not 
more 
than
$17,000,000, multiply by 0.05.
(vi) Calculate the sum of the products
described in clauses (ii) through (v).
(8) During any one Federal fiscal year in which
a taxpayer subsidized grantee, except an individual
person, has possession, custody or control of tax-
payer subsidized grant funds, such taxpayer sub-
sidized grantee shall not use any funds (whether de-
rived from taxpayer subsidized grants or otherwise)
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to engage in political advocacy in excess of its sub-
stantial political advocacy threshold for the prior
Federal fiscal year.
(9) No taxpayer subsidized grantee may use
funds from any taxpayer subsidized grant to pur-
chase or secure any goods or services (including dues
and membership fees) from any other organization
whose expenditures for political advocacy for the
previous Federal fiscal year exceeded whichever of
the following amounts is greater:
(A) $25,000.
(B) 15 percent of such other organization’s
total expenditures for such previous Federal fis-
cal year.
(10) The limitations imposed by paragraphs
(5), (7), and (8) shall not apply to any taxpayer sub-
sidized grant applicant or taxpayer subsidized grant-
ee for any Federal fiscal year if, during the preced-
ing Federal fiscal year, its total expenditures for po-
litical advocacy were less than $25,000.
(11) For purposes of applying the limitations
imposed by this subsection (other than paragraph
(4)), the members of an affiliated group of organiza-
tions (other than any member that does not receive
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a taxpayer subsidized grant) shall be treated as one
organization.
(b) ENFORCEMENT OF TAXPAYER PROTECTIONS.—
The following enforcement provisions apply with respect
to the limitations imposed under subsection (a):
(1) Each taxpayer subsidized grantee shall be
subject to audit from time to time as follows:
(A) Audits may be requested and con-
ducted by the General Accounting Office or
other auditing entity authorized by Congress,
including the Inspector General of the Federal
entity awarding or administering the taxpayer
subsidized grant.
(B) Taxpayer subsidized grantees shall fol-
low generally accepted accounting principles in
keeping books and records relating to each tax-
payer subsidized grant and no Federal entity
may impose more burdensome accounting re-
quirements for purposes of enforcing this title.
(C) A taxpayer subsidized grantee that en-
gages in political advocacy shall have the bur-
den of proving, by clear and convincing evi-
dence, that it is in compliance with the limita-
tions of this title.
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(D) Audits pursuant to this subsection
shall be limited to the utilization, transfer, and
expenditure of Federal funds and the utiliza-
tion, transfer, and expenditure of any funds for
political advocacy.
(2) Violations by a taxpayer subsidized grantee
of the limitations contained in subsection (a) may be
enforced and the taxpayer subsidized grant may be
recovered in the same manner and to the same ex-
tent as a false or fraudulent claim for payment or
approval made to the Federal Government pursuant
to sections 3729 through 3812 of title 31, United
States Code.
(3) Any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment who awards or administers funds from any
taxpayer subsidized grant to a taxpayer subsidized
grantee who is not in compliance with this section
shall—
(A) for knowing or negligent noncompli-
ance with this section, be subjected to appro-
priate administrative discipline, including, when
circumstances warrant, suspension from duty
without pay or removal from office; and
(B) for knowing noncompliance with this
section, pay a civil penalty of not more than
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$5,000 for each improper disbursement of
funds.
(c) DUTIES
OF TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED GRANT-
EES.—Any individual or organization that awards or ad-
ministers a taxpayer subsidized grant shall take reason-
able steps to ensure that the taxpayer subsidized grantee
complies with the requirements of this title. Reasonable
steps to ensure compliance shall include written notice to
a taxpayer subsidized grantee that it is receiving a tax-
payer subsidized grant, and that the provisions of this title
apply to the taxpayer subsidized grantee.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title:
(1) AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS.—Any two or-
ganizations shall be considered to be members of an
affiliated group of organizations if the organizations
meet any one or more of the following criteria:
(A) The governing instrument of one such
organization requires it to be bound by deci-
sions of the other organization on legislative is-
sues.
(B) The governing board of one such orga-
nization includes persons who—
(i) are specifically designated rep-
resentatives of the other such organization
or are members of the governing board, of-
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ficers, or paid executive staff members of
such other organization; and
(ii) by aggregating their votes, have
sufficient voting power to cause or prevent
action on political advocacy issues by the
other such organization.
(C) The organizations—
(i) either use the same name or trade-
mark, or represent themselves as being af-
filiated; and
(ii) coordinate their lobbying activities
or political advocacy.
(2) AGENCY ACTION.—The term ‘‘agency ac-
tion’’ includes the definition contained in section 551
of title 5, United States Code, and includes action
by State, local, or tribal government agencies. Such
term does not include any agency’s action that
grants an approval, license, permit, registration, or
similar authority, or that grants or recognizes an ex-
emption or relieves a restriction, on a case-by-case
basis.
(3) AGENCY PROCEEDING.—The term ‘‘agency
proceeding’’ includes the definition contained in sec-
tion 551 of title 5, United States Code, and includes
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proceedings by State, local, or tribal government
agencies.
(4) INFLUENCE LEGISLATION OR AGENCY AC-
TION.—
(A) GENERAL RULE.—Except as otherwise
provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘influ-
ence legislation or agency action’’ includes—
(i) any attempt to influence any legis-
lation or agency action through an attempt
to affect the opinions of the general public
or any segment thereof; and
(ii) any attempt to influence any legis-
lation or agency action through commu-
nication with any member or employee of
a legislative body or agency, or with any
government official or employee who may
participate in the formulation of the legis-
lation or agency action.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘influence
legislation or agency action’’ does not include—
(i) making available the results of
nonpartisan analysis, study, research, or
debate;
(ii) providing technical advice or as-
sistance (where such advice would other-
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wise constitute the influencing of legisla-
tion or agency action) to a governmental
body or to a committee or other subdivi-
sion thereof in response to a request by
such body or subdivision, as the case may
be;
(iii) communications between the tax-
payer subsidized grantee and its bona fide
members with respect to legislation, pro-
posed legislation, agency action, or pro-
posed agency action of direct interest to
the taxpayer subsidized grantee and such
members, other than communications de-
scribed in subparagraph (C);
(iv) any communication with a govern-
mental official or employee, including any
such communication required to apply for,
administer, or execute a taxpayer sub-
sidized grant; other than—
(I) a communication with a mem-
ber or employee of a legislative body
or agency (where such communication
would otherwise constitute the influ-
encing of legislation or agency action);
or