State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2013

State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2013 - 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 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1146

 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

                             June 12, 2013

  Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Menendez, 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 
2013''.

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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