I 
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 Indi-
ana, 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. GOOD-
LATTE, 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. KING-
STON, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. LEWIS of Cali-
fornia, 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. SES-
SIONS, 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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding con-
tracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any 
other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that 
promote certain indicted organizations. 
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 ‘‘Defund ACORN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER 
ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN IN-
DICTED ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any covered or-
ganization, the following prohibitions apply: 
(1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or any other form of agreement (includ-
ing a memorandum of understanding) may be 
awarded to or entered into with the organization. 
(2) No Federal funds in any other form may be 
provided to the organization. 
(3) No Federal employee or contractor may 
promote in any way (including recommending to a 
person or referring to a person for any purpose) the 
organization. 
(b) COVERED ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered organization’’ means any of the following: 
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(1) Any organization that has been indicted for 
a violation under any Federal or State law governing 
the financing of a campaign for election for public 
office or any law governing the administration of an 
election for public office, including a law relating to 
voter registration. 
(2) Any organization that had its State cor-
porate charter terminated due to its failure to com-
ply with Federal or State lobbying disclosure re-
quirements. 
(3) Any organization that has filed a fraudulent 
form with any Federal or State regulatory agency. 
(4) Any organization that— 
(A) employs any applicable individual, in a 
permanent or temporary capacity; 
(B) has under contract or retains any ap-
plicable individual; or 
(C) has any applicable individual acting on 
the organization’s behalf or with the express or 
apparent authority of the organization. 
(c) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘organization’’ includes the Asso-
ciation of Community Organizations for Reform 
Now (in this subsection referred to as ‘‘ACORN’’) 
and any ACORN-related affiliate. 
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(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 directors, 
employees, or independent contractors with 
ACORN. 
(C) Any organization that has a financial 
stake in ACORN. 
(D) Any organization whose finances, 
whether federally funded, donor-funded, or 
raised through organizational goods and serv-
ices, are shared or controlled by ACORN. 
(3) The term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an 
individual who has been indicted for a violation 
under Federal or State law relating to an election 
for Federal or State office. 
(d) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re-
vised to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to 
contracts. 
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