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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 69 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to treat meetings |
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| 6 | 6 | | held by nonprofit organizations with officials of the Federal Government |
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| 7 | 7 | | which are held in the District of Columbia at locations owned or leased |
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| 8 | 8 | | by the Federal Government as activities not constituting doing business |
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| 9 | 9 | | in the District of Columbia for purposes of determining whether such |
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| 10 | 10 | | organizations are required to register with the District of Columbia. |
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| 11 | 11 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 12 | 12 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. B |
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| 14 | 14 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. CRANE) introduced |
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| 15 | 15 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Government Reform |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to |
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| 19 | 19 | | treat meetings held by nonprofit organizations with offi- |
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| 20 | 20 | | cials of the Federal Government which are held in the |
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| 21 | 21 | | District of Columbia at locations owned or leased by |
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| 22 | 22 | | the Federal Government as activities not constituting |
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| 23 | 23 | | doing business in the District of Columbia for purposes |
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| 24 | 24 | | of determining whether such organizations are required |
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| 25 | 25 | | to register with the District of Columbia. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 69 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to Petition 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Government Act’’. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN NONPROFIT 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | AS ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING DOING 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | BUSINESS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 29–105.05(a), District of Columbia Official 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Code, is amended— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (9); 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) by striking the period at the end of para-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | paragraph: 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(11) In the case of an entity that is described 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 501(a) of such Code, holding a meeting with a Mem-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ber of Congress or another officer, employee, or rep-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | resentative of the Federal Government at a location 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | owned or leased by the Federal Government.’’. 22 |
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