POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES

Amendments

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2479, H2480, H2481, H2483, H2484, H2485, H2487, H2488, H2489, H2490, H2491, H2492, H2494, H2495, H2496, H2497 [6MR], H2515, H2516, H2517, H2519, H2520, H2521, H2525, H2526, H2528, H2529, H2530, H2531, H2533, H2534, H2535, H2537, H2538, H2539, H2540, H2542, H2544, H2545, H2546, H2559, H2560, H2561, H2562, H2564, H2565, H2566, H2567, H2568 [7MR], H2591, H2593, H2594 [8MR]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2387 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate political contributions and expenditures (see H.J. Res. 48), H2047 [22FE]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (see S. 949), S2088 [28MR] (see H.R. 1), H201 [3JA]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 172), H2365 [5MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (see H.J. Res. 39), H1336 [30JA]

FCC: revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 5015), H8738 [8NO]

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. 679), H718 [17JA]

——— codify regulations that prohibit U.S. citizens from knowingly providing substantial assistance to foreign nationals or organizations to make illegal contributions to political campaigns (see H.R. 4114), H7480 [30JY]

——— limit authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds for political purposes, including a political committee, to nonprofit corporations (see H.R. 5129), H8908 [15NO]

——— prohibit a separate segregated fund of a corporation which manufactures opioids from making contributions or expenditures in connection with Federal elections (see H.R. 5196), H9120 [20NO]

——— require sponsors of certain general public political advertisements to include in the advertisment information on persons who provided funding for such advertisements (see H.R. 4054), H7466 [25JY]

IRS: repeal restriction on use of funds to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 868), H1332 [30JA]

Political campaigns: apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations (see H.R. 746), H1209 [24JA]

——— apply ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to State and local ballot initiatives or referenda (see H.R. 1624), H2583 [7MR]

——— clarify treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates (see H.R. 4055), H7466 [25JY]

——— clarify treatment of information sought or obtained from foreign nationals and require political committees to acknowledge in writing awareness of ban on help from foreign nationals (see H.R. 3395), H5006 [20JN]

——— include sharing of nonpublic campaign material with a foreign power in ban on foreign solicitations of support and file suspicious activity reports for any offers of foreign or illicit assistance (see H.R. 3236), H4627 [12JN]

——— prohibit a congressional candidate from accepting contributions from any political committee other than the candidate’s authorized committee and from establishing a leadership political action committee (see H.R. 4315), H7705 [12SE]

——— prohibit acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources (see H.R. 1422), H2311 [28FE]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 1147), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2977), H4162 [23MY]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 2257), S5062 [24JY]

——— reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see S. 1917), S4168 [20JN] (see H.R. 4053), H7466 [25JY]

——— require all contributions over a certain amount be reported to the FEC within 48 hours (see S. 942), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 429), H461 [10JA]

——— require corporations to disclose to shareholders amounts disbursed for certain political activity (see H.R. 5143), H8958 [18NO]

——— 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. 1363), H2232 [26FE]

Political ethics: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 1539), H2367 [5MR]

Presidential appointments: require certain nominees or appointees to disclose certain types of contributions made or solicited by, or on behalf of, such nominees or appointees (see S. 232), S698 [28JA] (see H.R. 812), H1242 [28JA]

Supreme Court: express that the First Amendment was misinterpreted in Buckley v. Valeo decision on campaign contribution limits (see H. Con. Res. 11), H1336 [30JA]

Taxation: require tax-exempt organizations who engage in political activity to disclose personally identifiable information about their contributors as part of annual returns (see S. 276), S769 [30JA] (see H.R. 918), H1335 [30JA]

Letters

For the People Act: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Jennifer Popik, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H2570 [7MR]

——— Fred Wertheimer and Donald J. Simon, Democracy 21 (organization), H2522–H2524 [7MR]

——— Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H2406 [6MR]

——— Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, H2532 [7MR]

——— Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, H2524 [7MR]

——— Paul Ziriax, Oklahoma State Election Board, H2382 [6MR]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H2536 [7MR]

——— several religious institutions, H2539 [7MR]

——— Thomas McClusky, March for Life Action (organization), H2570 [7MR]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2536 [7MR]

Lists

Organizations opposing H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2570 [7MR]

Motions

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2600 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H6 [3JA], H225 [4JA], H232 [8JA], H348 [9JA], H1298, H1320 [30JA], H1469 [8FE], H2116, H2226–H2229 [26FE], H2276, H2300 [28FE], H2326, H2327, H2342 [5MR], H2377, H2378, H2379, H2390–H2498 [6MR], H2507, H2509, H2510, H2511, H2513, H2514, H2515–H2547, H2555–H2571 [7MR], H2589, H2590, H2591–H2602, H2603, H2606, H2608 [8MR], H2630 [11MR], H2722, H2733, H2736, H2739 [14MR], H3089, H3090 [4AP], H3194–H3198, H3200 [9AP], H3997 [20MY], H4124, H4158 [23MY], H4280 [4JN], H5085, H5092 [25JN], H5219, H5221 [27JN], H7166 [23JY], H7570, H7592 [10SE], H7784 [19SE], H8399, H8415 [23OC], H8837 [14NO], H9331 [6DE], E265 [7MR], E272, E274, E275 [8MR]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 172), H2379–H2388 [6MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (H.J. Res. 39), E114 [30JA]

IRS: repeal restriction on use of funds to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations, H2534, H2535 [7MR]

Political campaigns: expand ban on foreign contributions and expenditures on U.S. elections to include purchasing advertisements on digital media or television, H2569 [7MR]

——— prohibit a candidate from participating in the matching public finance program if they have been assessed a certain number of civil penalities in previous elections, H2594–H2597 [8MR]

——— prohibit foreign nationals from influencing U.S. elections through political activities and contributions from shell companies, H8428 [23OC]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, H2383, H2401 [6MR]

——— require disclosure of credit card verification value and billing address information for purchases of online advertising, H2593, H2594 [8MR]

——— 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, H2382 [6MR]

Supreme Court: express that the First Amendment was misinterpreted in Buckley v. Valeo decision on campaign contribution limits (H. Con. Res. 11), E114 [30JA]

Remarks in Senate

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), S730 [29JA], S756 [30JA], S776 [31JA], S1104 [7FE], S1175 [12FE], S1286 [13FE], S1447 [26FE], S1611 [4MR], S1635–S1637 [5MR], S1712–S1715 [6MR], S1718–S1720 [7MR], S1853 [13MR], S1855 [14MR], S2259 [4AP], S3028 [22MY], S3146 [3JN], S3173 [4JN]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (S. 949), S2064 [28MR], S6281–S6284 [30OC]

——— improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (S. 949), unanimous-consent request, S6283 [30OC]

Drugs: require drug manufacturers to disclose contributions to patient advocacy organizations and other health care organizations that engage in lobbying, S5127 [29JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S107 [9JA], S1317 [13FE]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S6649 [19NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1, For the People Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 172) (H. Rept. 116–16), H2365 [5MR]

For the People Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 116–15), H2321 [4MR]

Statements

For the People Act: Heritage Action for America (organization), H2571 [7MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 172, consideration of H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2379 [6MR]

H.R. 1, For the People Act, H2409–H2478 [6MR]

S. 2257, Fair Elections Now Act, S5065–S5070 [24JY]