S 1710
111th Congress
Senate
Economics and Public Finance
Community life and organization
Financial crises and stabilization
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
A bill to prohibit recipients of TARP assistance from funding ACORN, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 24, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to prohibit any entity in receipt of financial assistance under the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) (or any other program enacted by the Secretary under EESA authorities) from providing any direct or indirect assistance to, funding, promoting, or in any way contributing to the activities of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or an ACORN-related affiliate.
Exempts from this prohibition any entity that has repaid all outstanding amounts of TARP or related financial assistance.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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