[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5771 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5771

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Members 
 of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
 funds when a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2023

 Mr. Nunn of Iowa 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 prohibit Members 
 of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
 funds when a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.

    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 ``People Before Politics Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM MAKING DIRECT AND PERSONAL 
              SOLICITATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS DURING GOVERNMENT 
              SHUTDOWN.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 325. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM MAKING DIRECT AND 
              PERSONAL SOLICITATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS DURING 
              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--An individual holding the office of Senator or 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress may not make a direct and personal solicitation of funds in 
connection with an election for Federal office at any time during which 
a Government shutdown is in effect.
    ``(b) Determination of Government Shutdown.--For purposes of this 
section, a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if 
there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department 
as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or 
continuing resolution.''.
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