State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2011

State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2011 - Considers a state transportation department not to have violated federal contract requirements for the construction of a federal-aid highway project solely because the state in which the department is located, or a local government within that state, has in effect a law or order that limits the amount of money an individual or entity doing business with a state or local agency with respect to such a project may contribute to a political party, campaign, or elected official (pay to play).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 994 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 994

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2011

 Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Durbin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in 
effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform, 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 ``State Ethics Law Protection Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. PAY-TO-PLAY REFORM.

    Section 112 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Pay-to-Play Reform.--A State transportation department shall 
not be considered to have violated a requirement of this section solely 
because the State in which that State transportation department is 
located, or a local government within that State, has in effect a law 
or an order that limits the amount of money an individual or entity 
that is doing business with a State or local agency with respect to a 
Federal-aid highway project may contribute to a political party, 
campaign, candidate, or elected official.''.
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