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