3.0.0 9703 2023-03-31T17:15:15Z 2023-03-31T17:15:15Z House HR 2022-12-30 117 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2022-12-30T14:00:05Z 2022-12-30 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2022-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000486 Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] Ritchie Torres D NY 15 N Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 00 2022-12-30 Introduced in House 2023-03-31T16:57:48Z Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act or the SANTOS Act

This bill requires congressional candidates to file additional personal information with their principal campaign committees and the Federal Election Commission. The bill also imposes criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully violating this requirement, such as by providing false information.

Specifically, the bill requires any individual who is a candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate to provide information about their educational background, military service (if any), and employment history.

]]> SANTOS Act Display Title SANTOS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SANTOS Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a candidate for Congress to file additional information about a candidate's educational background, military service, and employment history, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr9703ih/xml/BILLS-117hr9703ih.xml 2022-12-30 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.