,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aa1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,phillips 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 
,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,ms4   
,escobar1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 
,mr4 ,neguse1 and ,mr4 ,swalwell of     
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit the use of   
,federal property for political         
conventions or fundraising1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,our ,lawn     
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on use of       
,federal property for political         
conventions or fundraising  7a7 ,in     
general ,subchapter ,,iii of chapter #gc
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by inserting after section #gcbe
 the following3  #gcbe;a4 ,prohibition  
on use of ,federal property for certain 

political activities  7a7 ,a convention 
of a national political party held to   
nominate a candidate for the office of  
,president or ,vice ,president1 or any  
event at which a contribution is        
solicited or accepted for the campaign  
for election of any candidate for       
,federal office 7as such terms are      
defined in section #cja of the ,federal 
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga71 may 
not be held on or in any ,federal       
property4  7b7 ,any candidate or the    
authorized committee of the candidate   
under the ,federal ,election ,campaign  
,act of #aiga which was responsible for 
a convention or event in violation of   
subsection 7a7 shall be subject to an   
assessment of a civil penalty equal to  
the fair market value of the cost of the
 convention or event 7as the case may   
be7 or #ej1jjj1 whichever is greater1 or
 imprisoned not more than five years1 or
 both4  7c7 ,in this section1 the term  
,federal property means any building1   
land1 or other real property owned1     

leased1 or occupied by any department1  
agency1 or instrumentality of the       
,united ,states1 including the ,white   
,house grounds and the ,white ,house    
7including the ,old ,executive ,office  
,building1 the ,west ,wing1 the ,east   
,wing1 the ,rose ,garden1 and the       
,executive ,residence1 but not including
 the second floor of the ,executive     
,residence74  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections for such        
subchapter is amended by inserting after
 the item relating to section #gcbe the 
following3  #gcbe;a4 ,prohibition on use
 of ,federal property for certain       
political activities4  4  7c7           
,application  7#a7 ,in general ,this    
,act and the amendments made by this    
,act shall apply to any convention or   
event described in section #gcbe;a7a7 of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by subsection 7a71 occurring on or
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act4  7#b7 ,travel ,nothing in this    
,act or the amendments made by this ,act

 shall be construed to limit or         
otherwise prevent the ,president or     
,vice ,president from using vehicles    
7including aircraft7 owned or leased by 
the ,government for travel to or from   
any such convention or event4