[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4540 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4540

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban on 
election activity by foreign nationals to election activity by domestic 
       corporations which are subsidiaries of foreign principals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2010

 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kagen, and Mrs. 
    Lowey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the ban on 
election activity by foreign nationals to election activity by domestic 
       corporations which are subsidiaries of foreign principals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Foreign Influence in our 
Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY FOREIGN 
              NATIONALS TO DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS WHICH ARE SUBSIDIARIES 
              OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS.

    Section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441e(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) a corporation (other than a foreign principal 
        described in paragraph (1)) with respect to which the 
        percentage of outstanding shares controlled directly or 
        indirectly by foreign principals is equal to or greater than 50 
        percent.''.
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