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Rackets Science: Obomnibus II, or The Influence Peddlers Protection Act of 2015

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Division E, Title VIII, SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as a condition of submitting the offer:

(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution,

expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication that is made by the entity... to a candidate for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal office.

(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity ... to any person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person will use the

funds to make a payment described in paragraph (1).

(b) In this section, each of the terms ''contribution'',

'' expenditure'', ''independent expenditure'', ''electioneering communication'', ''candidate'', ''election'', and ''Federal office'' has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).

Division O, Title VII SEC. 707. LIMITATION ON SEC FUNDS.

None of the funds made available by any division of

this Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange

Commission to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations [e.g., 501(c)(4)'s], or dues paid to trade associations.

Division K, Title VII SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING .-- " $2,308,517,000 shall be made available for democracy programs [for]" development of democratic states, and institutions that are responsive and accountable to citizens.

http://docs.house.gov/floor/Default.aspx?date=2015-12-14

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Rob Hager is a public-interest litigator who filed a Supreme Court amicus brief n the 2012 Montana sequel to the Citizens United case, American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, and has worked as an international consultant on legal (more...)
 
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