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.....................................................................(Original Signature of Member)
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TH
CONGRESS1
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ESSION
 
H. R.
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To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a disincentive withrespect to States funneling proceeds from license plate sales to partisanpolitical organizations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. A 
CKERMAN
introduced the following bill; which was referred to theCommittee on
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A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a dis-incentive with respect to States funneling proceeds fromlicense plate sales to partisan political organizations, andfor other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘License Plate Political
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Slush Fund Prevention Act of 2011’’.
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SEC. 2. LICENSE PLATE SALES AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘§167. License plate sales and political activity
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‘‘(a) W
ITHHOLDING OF
 A 
PPORTIONMENTS FOR
N
ON
-
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COMPLIANCE
.—The Secretary shall withhold 15 percent of 
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the amount required to be apportioned to any State under
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each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on
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October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date
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of enactment of this Act, and on October 1 of each fiscal
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 year thereafter, if the State does not meet the requirement
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of subsection (b) on that date.
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‘‘(b) R
EQUIREMENT
.—A State meets the requirement
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of this subsection if the chief executive of the State cer-
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tifies to the Secretary that the State, as of the date of 
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the certification, does not provide to an organization that
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engages in covered political activity any proceeds resulting
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from the sale of a license plate in that State.
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‘‘(c) E
FFECT OF
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ONCOMPLIANCE
.—Funds withheld
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from a State under subsection (a) shall lapse and shall
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 be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction
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(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the
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Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the
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Treasury considers appropriate).
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