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Union Calendar No. 19 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1254 
[Report No. 110–43] 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on contributors 
to Presidential library fundraising organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. PLATTS, and Mr. 
EMANUEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
VAN
HOLLEN, Mrs. MALONEY
of New York, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require informa-
tion on contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
organizations. 
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 ‘‘Presidential Library 
Donation Reform Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. 
(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 Presidential library fundraising organi-
zation shall submit on a quarterly basis, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), information with respect to every con-
tributor who gave the organization a contribution or con-
tributions (whether monetary or in-kind) totaling $200 or 
more for the quarterly period. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the entities to which information shall be 
submitted under that paragraph are the Administra-
tion, the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the dates by which information shall be 
submitted under that paragraph are April 15, July 
15, October 15, and January 15 of each year and 
of the following year (for the fourth quarterly filing); 
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‘‘(C) the requirement to submit information 
under that paragraph shall continue until the later 
of the following occurs: 
‘‘(i) The Archivist has accepted, taken title 
to, or entered into an agreement to use any 
land or facility for the archival depository. 
‘‘(ii) The President whose archives are con-
tained in the depository no longer holds the Of-
fice of President and a period of four years has 
expired (beginning on the date the President 
left the Office). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘Presidential library fundraising 
organization’ means an organization that is estab-
lished for the purpose of raising funds for creating, 
maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at— 
‘‘(i) a Presidential archival depository; or 
‘‘(ii) any facilities relating to a Presidential 
archival depository. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘information’ means the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) The amount or value of each contribu-
tion made by a contributor referred to in para-
graph (1) in the quarter covered by the submis-
sion. 
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