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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5409" measure-id="id115hr5409" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-03-23" update-date="2019-08-22">
<title>Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act</title>
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<action-date>2018-03-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires each authorized candidate committee or leadership political action committee (PAC) to disburse all unused funds within a specified time period beginning after an election, unless the candidate files to run for office again before the disbursement period begins. A committee or PAC disbursing unspent funds shall first pay any obligations incurred and, if funds are left over, it may disburse the funds in specified ways, such as by&nbsp;transferring the funds to a national or state committee of a political party. </p>]]></summary-text>
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