Defund ACORN Act
Congress recently passed, quite hurriedly, H.R. 3571, the "Defund ACORN Act", to punish ACORN for perceived violations.
The law specifically mentions ACORN - it has to, since they haven't yet been found guilty - but also includes "Any organization that has filed a fraudulent form with any Federal or State regulatory agency."
So what happens to said organizations?
(a) Prohibitions- With respect to any covered organization, the following prohibitions apply:
- No Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or any other form of agreement (including a memorandum of understanding) may be awarded to or entered into with the organization.
- No Federal funds in any other form may be provided to the organization.
- No Federal employee or contractor may promote in any way (including recommending to a person or referring to a person for any purpose) the organization.
It is therefore now illegal for the government to provide any funds to Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and most other major contractors.
Stay tuned for some rapid law rewriting where our people's Congress explicitly provides means of giving money to companies that have defrauded the government...
(For the record, also note that targeting the law at ACORN alone would be clearly unconstitutional, hence the rather clumsy writing.)