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                               OCTOBER 16, 2019 
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                         RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 116-35 
                         
                 TEXT OF H.R. 4617, STOPPING HARMFUL INTER-
                   
                   FERENCE IN ELECTIONS FOR A LASTING DE-
                   
                   MOCRACY ACT
                   
      [Showing the text of H.R. 4617, as ordered reported by the 
        Committee on House Administration, with reserved text as 
        introduced] 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2      (a) SHORT TITLE.--This Act may be cited as the 

3 "Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting 

4 Democracy Act" or the "SHIELD Act". 

5      (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.--The table of contents of 

6 this Act is as follows:

  Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

          TITLE I--ENHANCED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

     Subtitle A--Establishing Duty to Report Foreign Election Interference 

  Sec. 101. Federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts. 

  Sec. 102. Federal campaign foreign contact reporting compliance system. 

  Sec. 103. Criminal penalties. 
  
  Sec. 104. Rule of construction. 

 
   Subtitle B--Strengthening Oversight of Online Political Advertising 


  Sec. 111. Short title. 

  Sec. 112. Purpose. 

  Sec. 113. Expansion of definition of public communication. 

  Sec. 114. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. 

  Sec. 115. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. 

  Sec. 116. Political record requirements for online platforms. 

  Sec. 117. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, 
               and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign 
               nationals in the form of online advertising. 



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