To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Feb 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires any organization that is established to raise funds for a presidential archival depository or depository facilities to submit by each January 31 to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs information about every contributor who made contributions of $200 or more for the previous year for a depository of a President currently serving or for which the Archivist of the United States has not accepted, taken title to, or entered into an agreement to use any land or facility.
Requires the Archivist to make information required to be disclosed by this Act available to the public through the Internet or a successor technology.
Imposes criminal penalties on contributors or fundraising organizations who knowingly and willfully submit false information or omit material information with respect to organizations raising funds for presidential archival depositories.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 17, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Feb 17, 2011 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Feb 17, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 17, 2011 |
| Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives.
- Feb 17, 2011Introduced in House
- Feb 17, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1179.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40209 | Fundraising for Presidential Libraries: Recent Legislative and Policy Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Feb 24, 2011 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization that is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 17, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
