License Plate Political Slush Fund Prevention Act of 2011

License Plate Political Slush Fund Prevention Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 15% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds if the state allows proceeds from license plate sales to go to partisan political organizations.

Requires funds withheld from a state to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit (or, if there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1669 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1669

To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a disincentive with 
   respect to States funneling proceeds from license plate sales to 
       partisan political organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2011

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a disincentive with 
   respect to States funneling proceeds from license plate sales to 
       partisan political organizations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``License Plate Political Slush Fund 
Prevention Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. LICENSE PLATE SALES AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 167. License plate sales and political activity
    ``(a) Withholding of Apportionments for Noncompliance.--The 
Secretary shall withhold 15 percent of the amount required to be 
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 
section 104(b) on October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and on October 1 of each fiscal year 
thereafter, if the State does not meet the requirement of subsection 
(b) on that date.
    ``(b) Requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this 
subsection if the chief executive of the State certifies to the 
Secretary that the State, as of the date of the certification, does not 
provide to an organization that engages in covered political activity 
any proceeds resulting from the sale of a license plate in that State.
    ``(c) Effect of Noncompliance.--Funds withheld from a State under 
subsection (a) shall lapse and shall be deposited in the Treasury and 
used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, 
for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury considers appropriate).
    ``(d) Covered Political Activity Defined.--In this section, the 
term `covered political activity' means the advocacy of the election or 
defeat of a candidate with respect to an election for a Federal, State, 
or local office.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``167. License plate sales and political activity.''.
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