3.0.0 6854 2023-01-11T13:42:55Z 2023-01-11T13:42:55Z House HR 2020-05-13 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 13, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. PORTER:H.R. 6854.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1999]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2020-05-13T13:32:00Z 2020-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2020-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000618 Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45] Katie Porter D CA 45 N C001120 Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] Dan Crenshaw R TX 2 2020-05-13 True Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-05-13 Introduced in House 2020-06-11T16:24:24Z Stop Scam PACs Act

This bill prohibits individuals from misrepresenting their authority to speak, write, or otherwise act on behalf of a candidate or political committee, including a political committee of a political party, for the purposes of soliciting campaign contributions or donations. Currently, such prohibition is limited to fraudulent misrepresentations on behalf of candidates or political parties.

]]> Stop Scam PACs Act Display Title Stop Scam PACs Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates for purposes of soliciting contributions or donations. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Scam PACs Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6854ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6854ih.xml 2020-05-13 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.