US Congress House Bill 3571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 164-0)
Status: Introduced on September 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defund ACORN Act - Prohibits any federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other form of agreement from being awarded to, any federal funds in any other form from being provided to, or any federal employee or contractor from promoting any organization that: (1) 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 such an election, including a voter registration law; (2) had its state corporate charter terminated due to its failure to comply with federal or state lobbying disclosure requirements; (3) has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency; or (4) employs, has under contract, or retains to act on its behalf any individual who has been indicted for a violation under federal or state law relating to an election for federal or state office. Identifies, specifically, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and any affiliate as such an organization. Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.

Defund ACORN Act

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Steve Buyer [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]
Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]
Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
2009-09-15		Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

HB4444 (Related) 2010-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
SB1687 (Related) 2009-09-21 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.
SB1751 (Related) 2009-10-06 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3571/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3571/BILLS-111hr3571ih.pdf