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HR 439 109th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Campaign funds Commerce Construction industries Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government ethics Highway finance Infrastructure Public corruption Road construction State laws

Pay to Play Reform Protection Act

Introduced: February 1, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Feb 1, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pay to Play Reform Protection Act - Amends Federal highway law regarding requirements for the letting of a contract for the construction of Federal-aid highway project by or under the supervision of a State transportation department. Declares that nothing in such requirements prohibits a State from enacting a law or issuing an order that limits the amount of money an individual doing business with a State agency for a Federal-aid project may contribute to a political campaign.

What's happening now February 2, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 1, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 439: Pay to Play Reform Protection Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-439/
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"H.R. 439: Pay to Play Reform Protection Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-439/.
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H.R. 439, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-439/.
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