I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3696 
To prohibit recipients of TARP assistance from funding ACORN, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2009 
Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. GARRETT of 
New Jersey, Mr. JONES, Mr. LANCE, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 
ROYCE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. 
CAPITO, Mr. GERLACH, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. 
ISSA, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit recipients of TARP assistance from funding 
ACORN, 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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS: ACORN. 
Title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 137. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS: ACORN. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period that an 
entity is in receipt of financial assistance under the 
TARP or any other program enacted by the Sec-
retary under the authorities granted to the Secretary 
under this Act, such entity shall not provide any as-
sistance to, directly or indirectly, fund, promote, or 
in any way contribute to the activities of ACORN or 
an ACORN-related affiliate. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The prohibition established 
in paragraph (1) shall not apply to an entity that 
has repaid all outstanding amounts of any financial 
assistance that such entity received under the TARP 
or any other program enacted by the Secretary 
under the authorities granted to the Secretary under 
this Act. 
‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, each entity that has re-
ceived financial assistance under the TARP or any other 
program enacted by the Secretary under the authorities 
granted to the Secretary under this Act, shall submit a 
report to the Secretary and to the appropriate committees 
of Congress detailing any assistance, whether direct or in-
direct, that such entity has provided to ACORN or an 
ACORN-related affiliate in the prior 12 months. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘ACORN’ means the Association 
of Community Organizations for Reform Now and 
any ACORN-related affiliate; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘ACORN-related affiliate’ means 
any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Any State chapter of ACORN reg-
istered with the Secretary of State’s office in 
that State. 
‘‘(B) Any organization that shares direc-
tors or employees with ACORN. 
‘‘(C) Any organization that has a financial 
stake, directly or indirectly, in ACORN. 
‘‘(D) Any organization whose finances, 
whether federally funded, donor-funded, or 
raised through organizational goods and serv-
ices, are shared or controlled, directly or indi-
rectly, by ACORN.’’. 
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