DISCLOSE 2012 Act
Latest action · Jul 12, 2012 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Van Hollen. Petition No: 112-4. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/112/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0004.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 or DISCLOSE 2012 Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication involved mentions a candidacy, a political party, or a challenger to a candidate, or takes a position on a candidates, qualifications, or fitness for office.
Expands the period during which certain communications are treated as electioneering communications.
Prescribes: (1) disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and certain other entities; and (2) disclaimer requirements for campaign-related disbursements and for certain communications.
Requires any communication transmitted through radio or television to include an individual or organizational disclosure statement, together with: (1) the Top Two Funders List of the persons providing the largest and second largest aggregate payments of $10,000 or more for a radio communication, and (2) the Top Five Funders List of the five persons providing the largest aggregate payments of $10,000 or more for a television communication.
Repeals the prohibition against political contributions by individuals age 17 or younger.
Requires a covered organization which submits regular, periodic reports to its shareholders, members, or donors on its finances or activities to include in each report, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the information included in the statements it has filed about campaign-related disbursements the organization has made during the period covered by the report.
Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require semiannual reports on certain election campaign contributions filed with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives by registered lobbyists (or persons or organizations required to register as lobbyists) to contain: (1) the amount of any independent expenditure of $1,000 or more made by each such person or organization, along with the name of each candidate being supported or opposed and the amount spent supporting or opposing that candidate; and (2) the amount of any electioneering communication of $1,000 or more made by such person or organization, along with the name of the candidate referred to in the communication and whether the communication involved was in support of or in opposition to the candidate.
Cosponsors 165
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2012 to Sep 10, 2012; 85 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 16, 2012 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 16, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 16, 2012 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 17, 2012 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 17, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 17, 2012 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Hansen Clarke | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Mar 1, 2012 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 8, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 8, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Mar 8, 2012 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Mar 8, 2012 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jun 26, 2012 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Jul 12, 2012 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 12, 2012 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jul 18, 2012 | |
| D-AZ | Ron Barber | Sep 10, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Feb 9, 2012 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2012 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2012 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2012Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Van Hollen. Petition No: 112-4. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/112/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0004.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
- Feb 16, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- Feb 9, 2012Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2012Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 10
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5619–H5623 | Donna F. Edwards D-MD | Aug 1, 2012 |
| House | Discharge petition H5328 | — | Jul 26, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5023Discharge petition H5079 | Judy Chu D-CA | Jul 19, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4919, H4920 | Colleen Hanabusa D-HI, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Marcy Kaptur D-OH, Theodore E. Deutch D-FL | Jul 18, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4859 | Marcy Kaptur D-OH | Jul 12, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H693.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2219 | DISCLOSE Act of 2012 | Related bill | Mar 29, 2012 |
| S 3369 | DISCLOSE Act of 2012 | Related bill | Jul 24, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DISCLOSE 2012 Act
- Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Business records
- Congressional elections
- Corporate finance and management
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Financial services and investments
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Labor-management relations
- Political advertising
- Political parties and affiliation
- Public participation and lobbying
- Tax-exempt organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2012Introduced in House
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