H.R. 7802 (IH) - Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr7802ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

March 4, 2026

Action

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Amo, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Himes, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Meng, Mr. Min, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Costa, Mr. Torres of New York, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Bill Number

H.R. 7802

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2026

Full Title

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Chris Pappas(NH)

Cosponsors

Jamie Raskin (MD); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Gabe Amo (RI); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Ami Bera (CA); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Greg Casar (TX); Ed Case (HI); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Joaquin Castro (TX); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Jason Crow (CO); Sharice Davids (KS); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Veronica Escobar (TX); Dwight Evans (PA); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Jared F. Golden (ME); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Maggie Goodlander (NH); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Al Green (TX); Josh Harder (CA); James A. Himes (CT); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Jared Huffman (CA); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); William R. Keating (MA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); Susie Lee (NV); Summer L. Lee (PA); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Mike Levin (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); James P. McGovern (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Grace Meng (NY); Dave Min (CA); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Seth Moulton (MA); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Joe Neguse (CO); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Mark Pocan (WI); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Andrea Salinas (OR); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); David Scott (GA); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Brad Sherman (CA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Norma J. Torres (CA); Lori Trahan (MA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Lucy McBath (GA); Jim Costa (CA); Ritchie Torres (NY); Suzanne Bonamici (OR)

Committees

Committee on House Administration (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

United States Code References

15 U.S.C. 78l and 78o
18 U.S.C. Chapter 29
22 U.S.C. 611 and 611
26 U.S.C.
52 U.S.C. 30101, 30104, 30107, 30110, 30120, 30121, 30126 and 30141