3.0.0 1422 2022-11-01T17:03:31Z 2022-11-01T17:03:31Z House HR 2019-02-28 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 1422.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and ProperClauseIn 2011, the United States District Court for the Districtof Columbia held in Bluman v. FEC that ``It is fundamental tothe definition of our national political community thatforeign citizens do not have a constitutional right toparticipate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities ofdemocratic self-government.'' Bluman specifically addressedand prohibited political campaign contributions to U.S.elections.In 2012, the United States Supreme Court affirmed, holdingthat the prohibition in 2 U.S.C. 441 (e) on campaigncontributions by any ``foreign national'' was narrowlytailored to achieve a compelling governmental interest.Given that the Stop Foreign Donations Affecting OurElections Act supplements the intent of these rulings and the1966 law that banned such contributions, it is both withinthe scope of Congress's power and is thus constitutional.[Page H2315]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2019-02-28T14:01:25Z 2019-02-28 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2019-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 N M001187 Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] Mark Meadows R NC 11 2019-02-28 True W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 2019-02-28 True B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2019-02-28 True C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2019-02-28 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2019-02-28 True N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2019-02-28 True K000368 Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2] Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 2 2019-02-28 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2019-03-04 False S001210 Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15] Ross Spano R FL 15 2019-07-30 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2020-02-26 False D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2020-10-23 False Government Operations and Politics Consumer credit Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-02-28 Introduced in House 2020-02-21T20:30:59Z Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

This bill requires political committees, when accepting a credit card contribution over the internet, to collect the credit card's verification value. The card's billing address must be in the United States unless the contributor is a U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, in which case the contributor must provide his or her voter registration address.

]]> Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act Display Title Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1422ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1422ih.xml 2019-02-28 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 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.