FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT

Bills and resolutions

Elections: provide political advertising vouchers and payments to defray costs of postage for congressional general election candidates who agree to restrictions on contributions and expenditures (see H.R. 7067), H9435 [16OC]

FEC: apply restrictions on personal use of campaign funds to political committees, treat certain coordinated expenditures as candidate contributions, and disclose funding source for political advertisements (see H.R. 7267), H10168 [12DE]

——— extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties (see H.R. 7120), H9510 [13NO]

——— prohibit congressional candidates and Members of Congress from soliciting campaign funds on any day on which the House of Congress in which the candidate seeks election or the Member serves is in session (see H.R. 6433), H6557 [18JY]

——— require Presidential candidates to undergo a standardized medical examination by Dept. of the Navy medical office and publically disclose results of such examinations before the election (see H.R. 4742), H82 [9JA]

FTC: regulate use of automated software programs, or bots, intended to impersonate or replicate human activity on social media and prohibit use of such programs for political advertising (see S. 3127), S4369 [25JN]

Political campaigns: ban contributions by foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-affiliated nonprofit organizations, prohibit foreign involvement in election activities, and reform Foreign Agents Registration Act (see H.R. 6249), H5815 [27JN]

——— eliminate limitations on direct contributions to candidates and require disclosure of certain contributions within 24 hours (see S. 3735), S7385 [10DE] (see H.R. 7241), H9820 [10DE]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3150), S4512 [27JN] (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

——— require donor disclosure for certain organizations accepting donations from foreign nationals (see S. 2966), S2924 [24MY]

——— require each authorized committee or leadership political action committee of a candidate for Federal office to disburse all funds which remain unexpended after the date of the election (see H.R. 5409), H3046 [23MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: improve oversight of inaugural committees by prohibiting certain donations, banning personal use of funds, and requiring disclosure of all donations and disbursements (see H.R. 7399), H10599 [27DE]

Remarks in House

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties (H.R. 7120), H9656 [27NO]

Political campaigns: ban contributions by foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-affiliated nonprofit organizations, prohibit foreign involvement in election activities, and reform Foreign Agents Registration Act (H.R. 6249), H5759 [27JN], E936 [27JN]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 6239), H6060, H6061 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties (H.R. 7120), S7527 [12DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 1585), S2376 [24AP], S3748 [12JN], S4031 [19JN], S7309 [5DE], S7390 [11DE]

Texts of

H.R. 7120, FEC authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties, H9656 [27NO]