3.0.0 5011 2023-01-11T13:26:11Z 2023-01-11T13:26:11Z House H HR 2014-06-26 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SPEIER:H.R. 5011.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H5819]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2014-09-02T14:24:13Z Referred to 2014-06-26T13:03:00Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2014-06-26T13:02:50Z Clean Campaign Contributions Act of 2013 113 3356 HR 2013-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2014-09-02 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2014-06-26 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-06-26 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2014-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 N E000292 Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12] William Enyart D IL L. 12 2014-07-23 False S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 2014-07-30 False B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2014-07-30 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Consumer credit Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Employee hiring Family relationships Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Interest, dividends, interest rates Licensing and registrations Members of Congress Public participation and lobbying Government Operations and Politics 00 2014-06-26 Introduced in House 2014-07-29T15:36:33Z Making Every Representative's Integrity Transparent Act of 2014 or the MERIT Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate's authorized committee from employing any of the candidate's relatives in a paid position.

Prohibits a leadership political action committee (PAC) from employing in a paid position any relative of the candidate or any individual holding federal office who establishes, finances, maintains, or controls the leadership PAC.

Limits the interest rate an authorized committee may pay on a loan accepted from the candidate to an annual rate no higher than the prime rate plus 2%.

Revises political committee disclosure requirements about:

  • loans made by candidates,
  • expenditures to relatives of candidates for operating expenses, and
  • disbursements received by a candidate's relative or a business organization one of whose officers or dicrectors is a relative of the candidate.

Applies the prohibition against the conversion to personal use of contributions accepted by candidates also to contributions accepted by political committees.

Allows the use of contributions accepted by political committees for authorized expenditures in connection with political activities.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to: (1) require lobbying registrations to contain, for each employee of the registrant who has acted or who the registrant expects to act as a lobbyist on behalf of the client, the name of each relative of the employee who serves currently or who has served previously as a covered executive or legislative branch official, including the Congressional Bioguide Identifier of any covered official who is or was a Member of Congress; (2) require updates to registrations for employees who become relatives of covered officials, and (3) include lobbying contacts with relatives who are covered officials in quarterly reports on lobbying activities.

]]> MERIT Act Display Title MERIT Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit authorized committees of candidates for election for Federal office and leadership PACs from employing immediate family members of the candidates, to amend such Act to limit the rate of interest an authorized committee of a candidate may pay on loans made to the committee by the candidate, to amend such Act to apply the prohibition against the conversion of contributions to personal use to contributions to political committees, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to identify relatives who are covered officials and disclose lobbying contacts with relatives, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced MERIT Act Short Titles as Introduced Making Every Representative's Integrity Transparent Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5011ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5011ih.xml 2014-09-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.