[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 956 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 956

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
                      disclosure of all donations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2019

  Mr. Merkley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
                      disclosure of all donations.

    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 ``Brighter Sunshine on Donations 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF ALL DONATIONS.

    (a) Independent Expenditures.--Section 304(c)(2)(C) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)(C)) is amended by 
striking ``which was made for the purpose of furthering an independent 
expenditure'' and inserting ``(without regard to whether such 
contribution was made for the purpose of furthering an independent 
expenditure)''.
    (b) Electioneering Communications.--Section 304(f)(2) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (E), by inserting 
        ``(determined without regard to whether the contributions were 
        made for the purpose of furthering an electioneering 
        communication)'' after ``disclosure date'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ``(determined without 
        regard to whether the contributions were made for the purpose 
        of furthering an electioneering communication)'' after 
        ``disclosure date''.
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