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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4434 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban 
on the making of contributions by certain government contractors to 
other for-profit recipients of Federal funds, to limit the amount of 
contributions the employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds 
may make during any calendar year in which such funds are provided, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2010 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
extend the ban on the making of contributions by certain 
government contractors to other for-profit recipients of 
Federal funds, to limit the amount of contributions the 
employees of for-profit recipients of Federal funds may 
make during any calendar year in which such funds 
are provided, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Political Kick-
backs Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR CON-
TRIBUTION BAN TO FOR-PROFIT RECIPIENTS 
OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 317 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441c) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful— 
‘‘(1) for any for-profit entity which receives 
Federal funds, during the period which begins on 
the date on which the entity applies to receive such 
funds and ends on the later of the date on which the 
entity’s application for such funds is rejected or the 
last date on which such funds are paid to the entity, 
to make any contribution of money or other thing of 
value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make 
any such contribution to any political party, com-
mittee, or candidate for public office or to any per-
son for any political purpose or use; or 
‘‘(2) for any person knowingly to solicit any 
such contribution from any such entity, or for any 
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such entity knowingly to solicit any such contribu-
tion from any of its employees, during such period.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY 
EMPLOYEES OF RECIPIENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (i) and 
(k)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYEES OF FOR-PROF-
IT ENTITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.—An indi-
vidual who is an employee of a for-profit entity which re-
ceives Federal funds during a calendar year may not make 
contributions aggregating more than $1,000 during that 
calendar year.’’. 
(2) INDEXING OF AMOUNT FOR INFLATION.— 
Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or 
(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(h), or (k)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (i), 
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(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) for purposes of subsection (k), cal-
endar year 2010.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contributions made 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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