3.0.0 956 2022-11-01T18:47:29Z 2022-11-05T19:29:31Z Senate S 2019-03-28 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-28T20:24:37Z 2019-03-28 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Political advertising Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-24T21:22:17Z Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act

This bill requires the disclosure of certain federal campaign contributions regardless of the purpose of the contribution, subject to other requirements. Currently, reporting is generally required for a contribution over a certain amount for

  • a communication expressly advocating for the election or defeat of a candidate (i.e., an independent expenditure), or
  • a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication during preelection periods that refers to a candidate, but does not call for election or defeat (i.e., an electioneering communication).
]]> Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act Display Title Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s956is/xml/BILLS-116s956is.xml 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.