3.0.0 4053 2022-11-01T13:50:19Z 2022-11-01T13:50:19Z House HR 2019-07-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:H.R. 4053.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 4, and Article II, section 1, of theConstitution authorize Congress to regulate federalelections.[Page H7470]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-28T20:01:49Z hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-28T20:01:42Z Referred to 2019-07-25T14:06:20Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-07-25T14:06:25Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2019-07-25T14:06:15Z For the People Act of 2019 116 1 HR 2019-03-14 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. Related bill CRS For the People Act of 2019 116 949 S 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Empower Act of 2019 116 1917 S 2019-06-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act 116 5070 S 2020-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act 116 9029 HR 2020-12-18 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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. Related bill CRS 2019-08-28 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2019-08-28 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2019-07-25 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-07-25 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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 2019-07-25 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 N Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government trust funds Political parties and affiliation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-07-25 Introduced in House 2019-11-12T21:41:52Z Empower Act of 2019

This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections.

The bill (1) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to a candidate at a 6:1 ratio; (2) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates; (3) allows the national committee of a political party to make expenditures of up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates; (4) requires all payments made to candidates, beginning with the 2028 presidential election, to be made from the Freedom From Influence Fund established by this bill; and (5) prohibits joint fundraising committees for any authorized committee of a candidate.

]]> Empower Act of 2019 Display Title Empower Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential election campaigns, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Empower Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4053ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4053ih.xml 2019-08-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 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.