,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,ogles1 and ,mr4 ,crane7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #bi1 ,district  
of ,columbia ,official ,code1 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 ,columbia4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,freedom to ,petition the ,government   
,act4  #b4 ,treatment of meetings       
between nonprofit organizations and     

,federal officials as activities not    
constituting doing business in ,district
 of ,columbia ,section #bi-aje4je7;a71  
,district of ,columbia ,official ,code1 
is amended-- 7#a7 by striking and at the
 end of paragraph 7#i72  7#b7 by        
striking the period at the end of       
paragraph 7#aj7 and inserting 2 and2 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following new paragraph3  7#aa7 ,in the 
case of an entity that is described in  
section #eja7;c7 of the ,internal       
,revenue ,code of #aihf and exempt from 
taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such 
,code1 holding a meeting with a ,member 
of ,congress or another officer1        
employee1 or representative of the      
,federal ,government at a location owned
 or leased by the ,federal ,government4 
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