[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9727 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9727

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide that not 
     less than half of the funds used to make certain independent 
  expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the 
                          expenditure is made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2026

 Mr. Barrett 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 provide that not 
     less than half of the funds used to make certain independent 
  expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the 
                          expenditure is made.

    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 ``Outside Influence Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.

    Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30114) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Independent Expenditure Limitation.--No political committee 
that makes only independent expenditures may make an independent 
expenditure in a State with respect to a candidate for election for the 
office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
Congress for such State unless not less than half of the funds used for 
such expenditure were contributed by a person whose address is in such 
State.''.
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