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Freedom to Petition the Government Act

To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to treat meetings held by nonprofit organizations with officials of the Federal Government which are held in the District of Columbia at locations owned or leased by the Federal Government as activities not constituting doing business in the District of Columbia for purposes of determining whether such organizations are required to register with the District of Columbia.

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 3, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Civil Rights
Legislative subjects (5)
District of ColumbiaGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of CongressSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary
  • Amends District of Columbia law to exclude meetings between nonprofit organizations and federal officials from being treated as conducting business in DC.
  • Exempts tax-exempt nonprofit organizations (under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) from District of Columbia business registration requirements for these meetings.
  • The exemption applies only when meetings occur at locations owned or leased by the federal government.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Crane) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to treat meetings held by nonprofit organizations with officials of the Federal Government which are held in the District of Columbia at locations owned or leased by the Federal Government as activities not constituting doing business in the District of Columbia for purposes of determining whether such organizations are required to register with the District of Columbia.

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 “Freedom to Petition the Government Act”.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS AS ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING DOING BUSINESS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Section 29-105.05(a), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended—

(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (9);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(11) In the case of an entity that is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, holding a meeting with a Member of Congress or another officer, employee, or representative of the Federal Government at a location owned or leased by the Federal Government.”. <all>

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