3.0.0 4183 2023-01-11T13:45:41Z 2023-01-11T13:45:41Z Senate S 2020-07-02 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-02T19:37:53Z Judicial Ads Act 116 8459 HR 2020-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2020-07-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-07-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-07-02 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2020-07-02 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-07-02 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-07-02 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-07-02 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-07-02 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-07-02 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-07-02 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-07-02 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-07-02 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-07-02 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-07-02 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-02 True Government Operations and Politics Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign and international corporations Government information and archives Judges Political advertising Political parties and affiliation Tax-exempt organizations Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-07-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-02T15:42:10Z Judicial Ads Act

This bill establishes requirements for federal judicial nomination communications (i.e., advertisements).

First, the bill requires a covered organization (e.g., corporation, labor organization, or political committee) that spends more than $50,000 in a calendar year on federal judicial nomination communications to file a statement with the Federal Election Commission. Further, the bill outlines the timing requirements for the statement and its required contents, including the disclosure of certain donors.

Next, the bill requires federal judicial nomination communications to contain disclaimers that identify the person who funded the communication.

Finally, it prohibits foreign nationals and foreign-influenced corporations from funding a federal judicial nomination communication.

]]> Judicial Ads Act Display Title Judicial Ads Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Judicial Ads Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require organizations that spend more than $50,000 on Federal judicial nomination communications to file statements disclosing donors and certain other information with the Federal Election Commission. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4183is/xml/BILLS-116s4183is.xml 2020-07-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.