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[H.R. 9488 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 590
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9488

                          [Report No. 118-696]

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
    disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the 
 acceptance of online contributions made through the use of credit or 
    debit cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the 
  acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and 
    prepaid credit cards in such elections, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2024

    Mr. Steil (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Ms. Lee of Florida, and Mr. 
 D'Esposito) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

                           September 20, 2024

            Additional sponsors: Mr. Murphy and Mr. Calvert

                           September 20, 2024

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           September 6, 2024]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
    disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the 
 acceptance of online contributions made through the use of credit or 
    debit cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the 
  acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and 
    prepaid credit cards in such elections, 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 ``Secure Handling of Internet 
Electronic Donations Act'' or the ``SHIELD Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CARD VERIFICATION VALUE AS CONDITION OF 
              ACCEPTANCE OF ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE USING CREDIT OR 
              DEBIT CARDS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Internet credit or 
debit card contribution unless--
            ``(A) the individual or entity making such contribution is 
        required, at the time such individual makes such contribution, 
        to disclose the card verification value of such credit or debit 
        card; and
            ``(B)(i) the billing address associated with such credit or 
        debit card is located in the United States; or
            ``(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an individual 
        living outside of the United States who, at the time the 
        individual makes the contribution, is a United States national 
        or an individual who is lawfully admitted for permanent 
        residence, as defined by section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)), the individual 
        provides the committee with--
                    ``(I) the United States mailing address the 
                individual uses for voter registration purposes;
                    ``(II) a copy of the individual's United States 
                passport;
                    ``(III) a copy of the individual's permanent 
                resident card; or
                    ``(IV) a copy of a comparable acceptable 
                identification document, or the unique identifying 
                number from such a document, for the individual.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the case of an 
Internet credit or debit card contribution--
            ``(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 
        contribution, the person who receives the contribution shall 
        forward to the treasurer such contribution, the name and 
        address of the person making the contribution, and the date of 
        receipt; and
            ``(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall keep an 
        account of the name and address of any person making any such 
        contribution, together with the date and amount of such 
        contribution by any person.
    ``(3) If the treasurer of a political committee shows that best 
efforts have been used to comply with the requirements of this 
subsection, the committee shall be considered in compliance with this 
subsection.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Internet credit or debit card 
contribution' means a contribution that--
            ``(A) is made using a credit or debit card; and
            ``(B) is received through an Internet website.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to contributions the receipt of which a political committee is 
required to include in a report filed under section 304 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE USING GIFT CARDS 
              IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102), as amended by section 2(a), is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(k)(1) No political committee shall accept a contribution made 
through the use of a general-use prepaid card, gift certificate, or 
store gift card, as such terms are defined, respectively, under section 
915(a) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693l-1(a)).
    ``(2) If the treasurer of a political committee shows that best 
efforts have been used to comply with the requirements of this 
subsection, the committee shall be considered in compliance with this 
subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contributions the receipt of which a political 
committee is required to include in a report filed under section 304 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITING AIDING OR ABETTING MAKING OF CONTRIBUTION IN THE 
              NAME OF ANOTHER.

    Section 320 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30122) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``No 
person shall knowingly direct, help, or assist any person in making a 
contribution in the name of another person.''.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    (a) Deadline.--Not later than 10 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Election Commission shall promulgate 
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Consultation With Credit Card Payment Networks.--In 
promulgating regulations under subsection (a) to carry out the 
amendments made by sections 2 and 3, the Commission shall consult with 
representatives of payment card networks, as defined under section 
921(c) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o-2(c)).
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the 
        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure 
        of the card verification value as a condition of the acceptance 
        of online contributions made through the use of credit or debit 
        cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the 
        acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards 
        in such elections, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 590

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 9488

                          [Report No. 118-696]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
    disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the 
 acceptance of online contributions made through the use of credit or 
    debit cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the 
  acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and 
    prepaid credit cards in such elections, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 20, 2024

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed