[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8975 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8975

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
authorized committees of candidates for election for Federal office to 
 include in the reports the committees are required to file under such 
Act information on contributions received from small dollar donors, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2024

  Ms. Balint (for herself, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Jayapal) 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 require 
authorized committees of candidates for election for Federal office to 
 include in the reports the committees are required to file under such 
Act information on contributions received from small dollar donors, 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 ``Small Dollar Donor Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM SMALL DOLLAR DONORS.

    (a) Disclosure Required.--Section 304(b)(2) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (J);
            (2) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (K); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(L) for an authorized committee, contributions 
                from persons whose identification the committee does 
                not report under subparagraph (A), (F), or (G) of 
                paragraph (3) because the receipts described in such 
                subparagraph which are provided from such persons do 
                not have an aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 
                within the election cycle, together with the number of 
                such contributions received within the election 
                cycle;''.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Election Commission shall publish 
guidance to assist committees with complying with the requirements of 
section 304(b)(2)(L) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as 
added by subsection (a)(3).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to reports filed under section 304(b) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, except that in the case of a committee which filed a report under 
such section during the 90-day period which ends on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the amendments shall apply with respect to the 
second report a committee is required to file under section after such 
date and each subsequent report.

SEC. 3. ANALYSIS OF DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT METHODS OF SOLICITATION OF 
              SMALL DOLLAR DONORS BY CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.

    (a) Report.--The Federal Election Commission shall conduct a study 
of the methods used by committees of candidates for election for 
Federal office under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
solicit contributions from individuals in amounts below the threshold 
for disclosing the identification of donors under the Act, and shall 
include in the study an analysis of the extent to which committees use 
methods which are deceptive or fraudulent to solicit such 
contributions.
    (b) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit a report to Congress 
on the study conducted under subsection (a), and shall include in the 
report such recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate to 
prevent the use of deceptive and fraudulent methods to solicit the 
contributions described in subsection (a).
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