Sec. 4. Requirements
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Section 151105 of title 36, United States Code, is amended— in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking The and inserting ; and The
(a)Powers.— by adding at the end the following: The corporation shall comply with the following requirements: The corporation, or a director or officer of the corporation as such, may not contribute to, support, or participate in any political activity or in any manner attempt to influence legislation. The corporation and its State or local affiliates shall not— discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national origin; or establish or observe any quota based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national origin in matters concerning membership, corporate governance, or personnel. Each officer of the corporation shall be a United States citizen. The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The form of government of the corporation must be representative of the membership at-large and may not permit concentration of control in a limited number of members or in a self-perpetuating group not representative of the membership at large. The corporation is liable for any act of any officer or agent of the corporation acting within the scope of the authority of the corporation. The corporation shall comply with the law governing service of process in— the District of Columbia; each State in which it is incorporated; and each State in which it carries out activities. The corporation shall keep— correct and complete records of account; minutes of the proceedings of members, board of directors, and committees of the corporation having any of the authority of the board of directors of the corporation; and at the principal office of the corporation established under section 151107 of this title, a record of the names and addresses of the members of the corporation entitled to vote on matters relating to the corporation. A member entitled to vote on any matter relating to the corporation, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose at any time. The corporation shall submit to Congress an annual report on the activities of the corporation during the preceding fiscal year. The Attorney General of the United States may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for appropriate equitable relief if the corporation— engages or threatens to engage in any act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with the purposes described in section 151102; or refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out its obligations under this chapter or threatens to do so. On dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, any assets remaining after the discharge or satisfactory provision for the discharge of all liabilities shall be either deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt or divided equally among employed individuals who are, at the time of dissolution or final liquidation, members of the corporation or any of its State or local affiliates. No part of the compensation received for work performed on behalf of the corporation, or any of its State or local affiliates, by any officer or representative of the corporation, or any of its State or local affiliates, who is an employee of a State or local government (as such terms are defined in section 3371 of title 5, United States Code), may be derived from payments made by the State or local government to the corporation or its officers or representatives. The corporation and its State or local affiliates shall not— require or encourage staff, officers, affiliates, or members to affirm, adopt, or adhere to any belief of concept that— the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist; an individual, by virtue of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin— is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; or should be blamed for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin; or an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined, in whole or in part, by his or her sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin; or advocate for or encourage any local educational agency, public school (including a public charter school), or governmental entity responsible for the oversight of public secondary or elementary schools to require students to affirm, adopt or adhere to any of the beliefs or concepts described in subparagraph (A). The corporation and its State or local affiliates shall not— call, or participate in, a strike, work stoppage, or slowdown affecting a State or local government (as such terms are defined in section 3371 of title 5, United States Code); or condone any activity described in subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph by failing to take action to prevent or stop such activity. The corporation and its State and local affiliates shall be deemed to be ‘labor organizations’ as such term is defined in section 3 of the Labor-management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 402 ) and shall abide by all provisions of that chapter applicable to labor organizations. .
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